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15 May 2017

Will Trump Destroy The Dollar?

Under President Trump, it is possible, for the first time in a generation, to imagine a concerted attack on the central bank. Conceivably, the United States could repeat the story of the mid-1960s and ’70s, when a 15-year period of central-bank independence was brought to an end by presidential bullying. Back then, Lyndon B. Johnson summoned the Fed chairman, William McChesney Martin Jr., to his Texas ranch and shoved him around the living room while proclaiming that low interest rates were imperative in a time of war.

Read Here – The Atlantic

China’s Hunger For Raw Materials

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Posted in China and tagged cement, coal, concrete, copper, Economy, gold, industry, manufacturing, minerals, mining, oil, raw materials, steel, Wheat | Leave a comment

02 Sep 2015

“God Gave You Everything. And Then, He Also Gave You Delhi To Mess It All Up”

Commodities trading guru and hedge fund manager Jim Rogers has sold his holdings in Indian companies and exited India because, he says, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has failed to live up to investors’ expectations.

Read Here – Mint

Posted in India and tagged China, Commodities, currencies, economic slowdown, Economy, Emerging markets, Federal Reserve, financial markets, gold, interest rates, investor, Jim Rogers, Narendra Modi, Politics, startups, stock market | Leave a comment

14 Apr 2015

Straight From Shakespeare’s Pen

Welcome to Uzbekistan, a country that in recent months has been home to a drama that could have come straight from Shakespeare’s pen. Playing the leading roles are: a dictator, who has had his country under his iron grip for a quarter-century; his glamorous daughter, who he had been grooming as his successor; and his wife, who was conspiring with the head of the country’s intelligence agency against the plan. It is a drama about power, billions of dollars and corruption. There’s also a possibility of legal proceedings that could land his favorite daughter in jail for a long time to come.

Read Here – Der Spiegel

Posted in Asia and tagged Central Asia, China, cotton, dictator, Economy, gold, Issac Karimov, Kazakhstan, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Silk Road, Soviet Union, Tashkent, uranium, Uzbekistan | Leave a comment

12 Feb 2015

If It’s Gold, It’s Asia

Courtesy: World Gold Council

Posted in Global Economy and tagged bullion, Central Banks, China, consumer demand, Dubai, Economy, Europe, gold, Hong Kong, India, Mumbai, Singapore, World Gold Council | Leave a comment

02 Nov 2014

The 100 Year-Old Debt

The scale of World War One was unprecedented in several ways, including the cost to finance it. In fact, several of the countries involved are still facing related debts.

Read Here – Quartz

Posted in Europe and tagged Bonds, Economy, financial condition, France, Germany, gold, government debt, John Maynard Keynes, political parties, Politics, Russia, united kingdom, United States, Winston Churchill, World War I, World War II | Leave a comment

11 Aug 2013

The Absurd Fear Of Growth

Congratulations to India for appointing Raghuram Rajan as the new governor of its central bank. It would be hard to think of anybody better qualified — not even Janet Yellen. But condolences to India for the news that monetary and financial policies aren’t the main obstacles to its prosperity. The economy needs better management, all right, but not at the Reserve Bank of India.

Read Here – Bloomberg

Posted in India and tagged Business, Central bank, current account deficit, economic slowdown, Economy, gold, India, inflation, International Monetary Fund, Janet Yellen, jobs, Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank of India, trade, University of Chicago | Leave a comment

06 May 2013

China’s Slowdown Skins Gold And Oil

The wreckage caused by China’s great, juddering slowdown continues to spread far beyond the country’s shores. Although most commodities enjoyed a bounce on May 3, after better-than-expected U.S. employment data, the plunge in their prices over the past few months suggests the past decade’s rally is truly broken, Ruchir Sharma argues

Read Here – Bloomberg

Posted in Global Economy and tagged Asia, Business and Economy, China, commodties, crude prices, economic growth, Economy of the People's Republic of China, gold, gold prices, Maps and Views, oil, Recreation, United States | Leave a comment

16 Feb 2013

Big Powers To Offer Easing Gold Sanctions At Iran Nuclear Talks

Major powers plan to offer to ease sanctions barring trade in gold and other precious metals with Iran in return for Iranian steps to shut down the nation’s newly expanded Fordow uranium enrichment plant, Western officials said on Friday.

The officials said the offer is to be presented to Iran at February 26 talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and they acknowledged that it represents a relatively modest update to proposals that the six major powers put forward last year.

Read Here – Reuters

Posted in Iran and tagged Almaty, Enriched uranium, Friday, global powers, gold, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Middle East, nuclear capability, nuclear plant, Precious metal, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, United States | Leave a comment

11 Feb 2013

Russia’s Putin And His Weight In Gold

When Vladimir Putin says the U.S. is endangering the global economy by abusing its dollar monopoly, he’s not just talking. He’s betting on it. Not only has Putin made Russia the world’s largest oil producer, he’s also made it the biggest gold buyer. His central bank has added 570 metric tons of the metal in the past decade, a quarter more than runner-up China, according to IMF data compiled by Bloomberg. The added gold is also almost triple the weight of the Statue of Liberty.

Read Here – Bloomberg

Posted in Russia and tagged black gold, Central Banks, China, Economy, financial markets, Global Economy, gold, gold prices, International Monetary Fund, oil, Oil Prices, Putin, Russia, Statue of Liberty, Vladimir Putin, World economy | Leave a comment

looking beyond borders

foreign policy and global economy

Archive for the tag “gold”

Will Trump Destroy The Dollar?

China’s Hunger For Raw Materials

“God Gave You Everything. And Then, He Also Gave You Delhi To Mess It All Up”

Straight From Shakespeare’s Pen

If It’s Gold, It’s Asia

The 100 Year-Old Debt

The Absurd Fear Of Growth

China’s Slowdown Skins Gold And Oil

Big Powers To Offer Easing Gold Sanctions At Iran Nuclear Talks

Russia’s Putin And His Weight In Gold

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