Market Update (8 januari 2015)

Kredietcrisis

Global Central Banking in 2015, a First Quarter Update for 25 Economies (Wall Street Journal)

Merkel says she wants Greece to stay in the euro zone (Reuters)

$200 bn in debt looms over American oil and gas (Russia Today)

10 Key Events That Preceded The Last Financial Crisis Are Happening Again (Zero Hedge)

Valutacrisis

The dollar, on a ‘hurricane path of destruction,’ is set to fall (Marketwatch)

Euro Drop a Turning Point for Central Bank Reserves (Bloomberg)

Fed Will Continue Reverse Repo Tests Through January 2016 (Wall Street Journal)

SNB Interventions Boost Currency Reserves to Record High (Bloomberg)

Operation Helicopter: Could Free Money Help the Euro Zone? (Spiegel)

Geopolitiek

Germany to Allocate $590Mln to Ukraine for Infrastructure Restoration: Kiev (Sputnik News)

BRICS

China’s Xi woos Latin America with $250 bln investments (Reuters)

Russia Now Top Destination for Chinese Shoppers and Tourists (Sputnik News)

China voegt olie aan reserves toe (Doijer & Kalff)

Goud

How the Bank of England abandoned the gold standard (Telegraph)

Dubai Claims New World Record With $6 Million 5.5km Gold Chain (Kitco)

India not planning further curbs on gold imports – trade secretary (Reuters)

LME mulling launch of gold and silver futures contracts (Bulliondesk)

LBMA schrapt Gold Forward Offered Rate (GOFO) (Hollandgold)

Grafiek/Cartoon van de dag

Inflation.us ontdekt correlatie tussen goudprijs en balanstotaal ECB. Zouden ze weten dat de ECB haar goudvoorraad naar de marktprijs waardeert?

Reading Bloomberg for News on the Euro is just like watching Russia Today for news on the Dollar.

— Nikolaus Jilch (@JilNik) January 7, 2015