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Robert Lambourne: BIS gold swaps fell 13% in November as debt problems grew

Section: Documentation

By Robert Lambourne
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

The November statement of account for the Bank for International Settlements was published this week -- 

https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc241130.pdf

--  and it indicates that the volume of gold swaps undertaken by the BIS fell from 93 tonnes on October 31 to 81 tonnes on November 29, a decline of 12 tonnes or 13%.

Robert Lambourne: BIS gold swaps fell from 157 tonnes in August to 112 in September

Section: Documentation

By Robert Lambourne
Saturday, November 2, 2024

The September statement of account for the Bank for International Settlements was published this week -- 

The biggest scandal isn't what's illegal but what's perfectly legal

Section: Documentation

12:42p ET Monday, October 7, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Today in their latest incisive criticism of the U.S. government's repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999, a decision that allowed federally insured banks to trade stocks and derivatives and thereby put the bank deposits of ordinary people at risk, Pam and Russ Martens of Wall Street on Parade reveal a telling detail about JPMorgan Chase Bank.

... Dispatch continues below ...

 

Robert Lambourne: BIS gold swaps rose again in August

Section: Documentation

By Robert Lambourne
September 6, 2024

The August statement of account for the Bank for International Settlements has just been published:

https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc240831.pdf

The U.S. is ready with a gold revaluation mechanism too

Section: Documentation

1:36a ET Thursday, August 15, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In an interview this week with Mark Moss of Market Disruptors that is posted at YouTube --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbKoeDKZNuU

Robert Lambourne: BIS gold swaps rose 32 tonnes in July, seem tied to short-term trading

Section: Documentation

By Robert Lambourne
August 10, 2024

The July statement of account for the Bank for International Settlements has recently been published.

BIS annual report again confirms GATA's accuracy with bank's gold swaps

Section: Documentation

3:08p ET Thursday, August 1, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant Robert Lambourne today provides below his monthly report on the gold swaps maintained by the central bank of the central banks, the Bank for International Settlements, and superficially the report may seem ordinary, disclosing a small increase in BIS gold swaps from May to June, 7 tonnes, from 109 to 116.

Lambourne is too modest to highlight the most important development with the BIS' accounts. That is, the bank's annual report, dated March 31 --

Suppressing silver prices has been official U.S. policy since 1965

Section: Documentation

3:24p ET Sunday, July 21, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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