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Europe’s INSTEX payments channel won’t help Iran by JP Koning for Bullion Star Since they were implemented last November, U.S. economic sanctions against Iran have been remarkably effective. Iranian oil exports have plummeted to 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd)...
The Domino Effect – Romania joins Gold Repatriation exodus by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star TDC Note – When we reported on this – click here now – and then click here now – it seemed like a big deal....
RBA bosses squirm as Aussie politicians throw easy questions about RBA gold in London by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Following an 18 February RT.com article about the gold reserves of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) claimed to be...
Australia’s gold at the Bank of England – Extended Q & A by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Recently, news network RT.com asked for my comments on the question of the 80 tonnes of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA)...
Italy’s Gold enters the Political Fray. But who really owns it? by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star Italy’s unpredictable political situation continues to throw up surprises with a controversial claim in national newspaper La Stampa this week that the country’s...
The Great Japanese Gold Trade of 1859 by JP Koning for Bullion Star The price of gold is $1,300 per ounce right now. But imagine if there was one place in the world – say Japan – where you could buy...
Bank of England tears up its Gold Custody contract with Venezuela’s central bank by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star In early November 2018, it first came to light that the Bank of England in London was delaying and blocking the...
How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money by JP Koning for Bullion Star This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar’s Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central...
Separating truth from fiction in China’s golden game of Poker by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star This month the Chinese central bank reported that in December 2018, its gold reserve holdings increased by 10 tonnes, the first claimed increase in...
Russian Central Bank buying Gold on the International market? by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star For a number of years now and even more so during 2018, the central bank of the Russian Federation, the Bank of Russia, has remained...
Venezuela’s gold in limbo amid tug-of-war at the Bank of England by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star In early November news was placed into the British media (Reuters and The Times) revealing that the Bank of England in London, one...
An early attempt at standardizing Money using international Gold Coins by Jp Koning – Bullion Star TDC Note – A great reference for understanding corruption of currencies. Of course, this is an unintended consequence of Mr. Koning’s impressive, and very...
French central bank and JP Morgan team up to boost Gold Lending by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star The central bank gold lending market, centered in London, is probably the most secretive financial market in the world, with very little...
Gold Market Charts: November 2018 – Gold Market Charts from Bullion Star BullionStar’s series of ‘Gold Market Charts’ articles look at recent developments in the world’s largest physical gold markets using illustrative gold market charts generated by the unique and...
Why the US Mint once issued gold discs to Saudi Arabia – JP Koning from Bullion Star TDC Note – The images from Bullion Star were not populating earlier, hopefully, they will get it straightened out. Here is an image...
LBMA trading volume data confirms the paper gold casino in London – Ronan Manly for Bullion Star The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has just published a new set of ‘trading volume’ data covering the London and Zurich over-the-counter (OTC) gold...
Bank of England refuses to return 14 tonnes of gold to Venezuela by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star The Bank of England claims to be one of the largest physical gold custodians in the world, holding gold bars in vault...
Does the recent spate of Central Bank gold buying impact demand and price? by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star There has been a lot of media coverage recently about the re-emergence of central bank gold buying and the overall larger...
LBMA’s new trade volume data will do nothing for the transparency of the London Gold Market By: Ronan Manly – Bullion Star At its annual conference this week in Boston, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) announced that commencing 20...
Gold continues to flow out of London, through Switzerland, and into Asia by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star TDC Note – tons of gold beginning to move around, again. In this time of absolute uncertainty I can not imagine not...
Gold’s Official Price is $42, and maybe that’s a Good Thing from Bullion Star This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar’s Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not...
In surprise move, Central Bank of Hungary announces 10-fold jump in its gold reserves by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star In one of the most profound developments in the central bank gold market for a long time, the Hungarian National Bank, Hungary’s...
Skepticism reigns about the True state of Chinese central bank gold reserves by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star One of the most mysterious and unresolved questions in the gold world centers on how much gold reserves the Chinese State, through...
Global Market Selloff across Stocks and Cryptos, but Gold and Silver prices hold gains by: Ronan Manly – Bullion Star Global stock markets suffered some of the worst falls of the year yesterday and today with market uncertainty expected to continue. Led...
