In a bold claim, Willie suggested, "The Chinese are not buying treasury bonds anymore with their surpluses. They're going directly to buy gold." He extended this observation to other nations, stating, "We've got Japan buying gold, they want to fortify their banking system because they have...
The Russians have been buying gold for the last several years in an effort to diversify away from the US dollar. Russian gold reservesincreased 274.3 tons in 2018, marking the fourth consecutive year of plus-200 ton growth. Meanwhile, theRussians sold off nearly all of its US Treasury holding...
the beta coefficient between the price of gold and 10-year US inflation-protected treasury bonds (TIPS, real interest rates) is negative; however, when
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And in the spring of 2018, the Russians sold off nearly all of its US Treasury holdings. According to Bank of America analysts, the amount of US dollars in Russian reserves fell from 46% to 22% in 2018. Other central banks that bought gold in March were Kazakhstan (5.4 tons), Kyrgyz ...
China’s foreign reserves at 3 trillion U.S. dollars are the largest in the world, thereof only 2.5 percent gold. It has unusual incentives to change this: About 60 percent of itsreservesare in U.S. dollar-denominated Treasury bonds, a result of cumulated trade surpluses. This gives China...
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LONDON (April 8) Gold prices reached new highs, marking a record seventh consecutive session of increase. This surge is primarily attributed to significant purchases by Asian central banks, despite a stronger U.S. dollar and high interest rates.At 10:35
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Spot gold fell 0.7% to $2,375.06 an ounce by 2:16 p.m. in London. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed, as were 10-year Treasury yields. Platinum, silver and palladium also declined. —With assistance from Tian Ying and Nick Bartlett....