Secret gold swap has spooked the market — Signs of the Times News

Jul 12, 2010   //   by Admin   //   Sell Scrap Gold  //  Comments Off

It takes a lot to spook the solid old gold market. But when it emerged last week that one or more banks had lent 380 tonnes of gold to the Bank of International Settlements in return for foreign currencies, there was widespread surprise and confusion … … This led to musings that the counterparty was the IMF, making sense because the lender of last resort is historically prone to cash shortages and has been quietly selling off gold in the first half of the year. …

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