Dedollarization

The world's largest private holder of physical gold is Tether, with 80 tons worth approximately $8 billion. Why is this?

China is stepping up its efforts to become a central player in global finance by offering to safeguard gold reserves on behalf of foreign governments.

The start of the new school year promises to be eventful in the United States. The Fed is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in five years. With the job market remaining fragile, the spectre of recession still looming, and the trade war adding to uncertainty, this decision shows ab...

The BRICS have placed at the heart of their arguments the urgency of sovereignty for all nations, the end of globalization as we know it, and an ideological change in the face of the civilizational crisis that the West is undergoing. From an old world based on excessive financialization and limit...

In a climate of widespread mistrust of the dollar and US economic policy, a fundamental trend is gathering pace: de-dollarization. China, at the forefront of this strategy, is methodically reducing its dependence on the greenback while at the same time stepping up its purchases of gold and the in...

Many banks, governments and large funds are buying gold on a massive scale via perfectly legal but off-market channels. This is a growing trend, mainly in the Middle East and Asia, which makes the measurement of gold's value more complex than it first appears.

If the yield curve steepening bet reverses, it could have a significant impact on the gold price. In a scenario where long rates fall rapidly - for fear of recession or a return to caution by central banks - gold would benefit. Falling real interest rates would make the metal more attractive, and...

For several decades now, the global economy has been on a headlong rush. With each crisis, governments preferred to postpone the consequences with even more debt. In this context, a number of regulations came into being. The latest, Basel III, introduce a new element: the return of physical gold...

In case of a loss of confidence in the sustainability of the US budget, physical gold, already considered a safe-haven asset, could emerge as the ultimate systemic safe-haven, outperforming all other asset classes in times of global monetary disorder.

The U.S. monetary strategy, which is now coupled with a desire for reindustrialization, appears to be a model of resistance in the face of major historical dynamics. Trump intends to preserve American hegemony at all costs. But the dollar's current fall, in a period of crisis, shows that its evol...