IMF prepares for run on U.S. dollar
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-01-26 19:33 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Thomas Moller-Nielsen
Euractive, Brussels, Belgium
Monday, January 26, 2026
The International Monetary Fund is preparing for the possibility of a rapid sell-off of U.S. dollar-denominated assets, its managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said today.
"At the fund, one muscle that we are building is our ability to hypothetically present scenarios of unthinkable events and then figure out what to do," Georgieva said at an event hosted by Bruegel, a Brussels-based think-tank.
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China's Zijin Gold is buying Canada's Allied Gold for about $4 billion
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-01-26 09:57 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Monday, January 26, 2026
Zijin Gold will buy Canada's Allied Gold for about C$5.5 billion ($4.02 billion) in cash, the companies said today as the Chinese miner ramps up its global expansion against the backdrop of record high prices of the yellow metal.
A surge in gold prices has boosted margins and cash flows for miners, fuelling consolidation in the industry as large producers seek to secure long-life assets and boost output through acquisitions rather than developing new mines.
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Gold pushes past $5,000 to record high on safe-haven rush
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-01-25 20:19 Section: Daily DispatchesAnd still no mention by mainstream financial news organizations of the massive, government-underwritten, naked short derivative positions whose calling fuels the monetary metal's explosion. Oh, well, a fanfare is still in order:
https://youtu.be/3WZP7-41iAU?t=367
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Gold rushes past $5,000 to record high on safe-haven rush
By Kavya Balaraman and Anjana Anil
Reuters
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Currency markets on guard for intervention in Japan's yen
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-01-25 19:42 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Tom Westbrook and Danilo Masoni
Reuters
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Foreign exchange markets are starting the week on edge amid the possibility of official yen buying to build on the currency's spike on Friday and a subsequent pledge by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to act against speculative moves.
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Former Bundesbank research chief calls for repatriating Germany's gold
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-01-25 19:35 Section: Daily DispatchesBy James Jackson
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Germany has been urged to withdraw gold worth more than L100 billion from American vaults because Donald Trump's unpredictability has made keeping it there too "risky."
The country stores 1,236 tons of gold, roughly the same weight as three Air Force 1 jets, at the U.S. Federal Reserve in New York, worth around E164 billion (E122 billion).
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Wolfgang Mulke in Die Tageszeitung: Germany's gold must be returned
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-01-25 19:09 Section: Daily DispatchesDie Tageszeitung is among the 15 largest newspapers in Germany.
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By Wolfgang Mulke
Die Tageszeitung, Berlin
Saturday, January 24, 2026
https://taz.de/Deutsches-Gold-in-den-USA/!6147790/
A discussion is underway regarding Germany's gold reserves. Even if the Bundesbank, as the entity responsible for the national treasury, doesn't want to hear it, at least a significant portion should be withdrawn from the United States.
