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FDIC & BANK OF ENGLAND CREATE RESOLUTION AUTHORITY FOR UNLIMITED CYPRUS-STYLE “BAIL-INS” FOR TBTF BANKS!

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Bank of England—together with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Financial Services Authority— have been working to develop resolution strategies for … Continue reading

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You Must Understand the Implications of Pre-monetization of Debt

Steven Spielberg gave us Pre-Crime; Ben Bernanke gave us Pre-Monetization. Moments ago, as part of today’s concluded $1.464 billion market funding POMO operation, one of the issues purchased by the Fed was the 30 year Treasury identified as CUSIP 912810QZ4. Why is this … Continue reading

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Why Didn’t the European Union Collapse Yet?

Why is the European Union still intact? They are bankrupt, divided between the North and South, and have no plan to address any of their problems.  But keep in mind, we are discussing the EU – not the United States. … Continue reading

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Why Is JPMorgan’s Gold Vault, The Largest In The World, Located Next To The New York Fed?

When two weeks ago we exposed the heretofore secret location of JPM’s London gold vault (located under the firm’s massive L-shaped office complex at 60 Victoria Embankment) we thought: what about New York? After all, while London is the legacy financial capital of the … Continue reading

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Lost in translation: Ben Bernanke-speak

by Simon Black: I really hate to beat a dead horse, but I wouldn’t be doing my job for you if I didn’t point out some of the most intellectually dishonest, self-aggrandizing Bernanke-speak to come out of the Fed Chairman’s … Continue reading

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If the Masses Lose Confidence in the Currency…

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ERIC SPROTT: THE US GOVERNMENT MAY BE EXPORTING GERMAN GOLD TO CHINA!

Eric [Sprott] pointed out that the US government exported 30% of US annual gold production to Hong Kong in December alone, and stated that as there is no excess gold available in the US, all of his analysis suggests that the US … Continue reading

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Hackers access Federal Reserve website, data

The Federal Reserve has acknowledged that an outside party gained access to its website and a limited amount of data, raising questions about the central bank’s cyber-security measures. “The Federal Reserve System is aware that information was obtained by exploiting … Continue reading

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Who Is Smarter: People Who Voted for Obama or People Who Are Still in the Stock Market?

The stock market has reached a five year high. Congratulations: it took five years to regain your investment levels from five years ago (not considering inflation). In this same period of time, the price of gold has more than doubled … Continue reading

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It Begins: Bundesbank To Commence Repatriating Gold From New York Fed

In what could be a watershed moment for the price, provenance, and future of physical gold, not to mention the “stability” of the entire monetary regime based on rock solid, undisputed “faith and credit” in paper money, German Handelsblatt reports in an … Continue reading

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The Three Ghosts of Christmas

See additional comments on Tea Party Nation. The $40 billion per month printed at the direction of the Federal Reserve to prevent the mortgage industry from collapsing is set to more than double to $85 billion: The government will reduce net … Continue reading

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FLASH: German gold report reveals secret sales that likely were part of swaps

With the Associated Press report appended here, the German gold audit story has just exploded into the English-language press with some important revelations: — The gold vaulted by the German central bank, the Bundesbank, with the Bank of England “has … Continue reading

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Feds Arrest Man Plotting Attack On New York Fed

Update: we now have the suspect’s name: Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, who in addition to Plan A had Plan B: “If Nafis felt his attack was about to be thwarted by cops, he would invoke the back-up plan, which involved a … Continue reading

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Three Scenarios For Gold

Even though we have presented comparable scenarios looking at the coverage of the US money base in gold terms previously, aka “gold coverage” ratio, including once from Dylan Grice, and once from David Rosenberg, now that we have drifted into … Continue reading

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Santelli And Shiller On Housing, Animal-less Spirits, And Bernanke’s Impotence

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