New Indian Rupee Notes Crumble – Literally.
Indian gold dealers bank accounts frozen.
Venezuelan Shops Weighing Currencies.
Venezuelan Government Pulls 100 Bolivar Notes From Circulation But Won’t Exchange All 100 Bolivar Notes in Currency Swap.
Australian $100 note on the way out?
WARNING: Hoarding Cash May Not Provide Protection
Fed Raises Fed Fund Rate a Quarter Point – Hints No Further Stimulus Needed.
Obama Blames Russia For Hacking the U.S. Election- Tells Putin To “Cut it Out”
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Top News
Obama gives press conference takes credit for 15 million new jobs, income gains, 4.6% unemployment, deficit cut by two thirds, stock market at all time high- no attack on his from foreign power, open trade with Cuba and America stronger more respected than 8 years ago. Then blames Russia for hacking Podesta’s email revealing risotto recipes that helped Trump win the election.
When MSM says “experts say” = “we believe”.
Top Economic News
Fed raises rates- says it anticipates three rate hikes in 2017. Recall they said in December 2015, there would be four in 2016.
St. Louis Fed President repeated his believe that only one rate hike is needed but added that the Fed should do one more in 2017.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen when asked if fiscal stimulus was need she basically said ‘No worries Congress and Trump don’t need to engage in fiscal stimulus implying that the Fed FIXED the economy already.”
This is also a signal that the Fed is no longer interested in providing MONETARY STIMULUS in the form of QE4.
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Gold and silver
Gold closed last week at $1159.60 an ounce and closed this week at $1134.60 (-2.1% )
Silver closed last week at $16.82 an ounce and closed this week at $16.07 (-4.5%)
The gold and silver ratio ended the week at :1
Chart of the week
Silver Market Manipulation – Class Action Complaint
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December 12, 2016
Indian De-Monetization Fall out
Axis Bank, India’s top gold importer, suspends bullion dealers accounts
Foxconn Fires 25% Of India Workers As Demonetization Destroys Sales
Gold
Indian Gold Imports Said to Jump to Year’s High in November
2 Babies From Surat With 16 Kilos Of Gold In Their Diapers
Thieves hold up armored car for gold on the highway in south east France
U.S. Mint Sales Update
U.S. Mint reported selling 0 American Silver Eagles and 0 American Gold Eagles today.
MTD American Silver Eagles sold 140,000 American Gold Eagles sold 23,000
YTD American Silver Eagles Sold 37,601,500 /American Gold Eagles sold 817,500
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The U.S. Mint reported selling 0 one ounce American Platinum Eagle coins.
YTD 20,000 American Platinum Eagle coins sold.
The U.S. Mint reported selling 1,500American Gold Buffalo coins.
MTD 7,000 sold
YTD 214,000 sold
The U.S. Mint Reported selling 0 Theodore Roosevelt National Park five ounce silver America The Beautiful Coins and 0 Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument)
YTD Sales of Theodore Roosevelt National Park 40,000. Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) 27,800.
December 13, 2016
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INDIAN SILVER IMPORTS RISE 42% IN OCTOBER
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War on Cash in Australia
$100 note in Australian cross hairs
December 14, 2016
Gold
SHANGHAI GOLD EXCHANGE WITHDRAWALS RISE 40% IN NOVEMBER
War on Cash
Venezuela
Government won’t exchange all bolivars in proposed currency swap
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Gold
Dutch court rules Crimean gold treasures must be returned to Kiev
US Economic Data
Retail Sales 0.1%, Exp. 0.3%
Retail Sales ex auto 0.2%;
Retail Sales Control 0.1%, Exp.0.3%
Producer Price Index 0.4% v 0.1% expected v 0% in October
Annual PPI +1.3% for the 12 months ended November 2014.
Core PPI + 0.4% vs 0.1% expected.
Annual core PPI +1.6% vs +1.3% expected vs +1.2% October.
Fed raises rates, projects three rate hikes in 2017
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December 15, 2016
War on Cash Revenge
Indian New Notes literally crumble
Gold
Fake police walk off with £4m of gold in Japan
Astronomer and Alchemist Tycho Brahe Died Full of Gold
US Economic Data
NAHB Housing Market Index 70, Exp. 63, Last 63
Us Mfg PMI Dec. 54.2, Exp. 54.2, Last 54.1
Initial Claims 254K, Exp. 255K, Last 258K
CPI 0.2%, Exp. 0.2%, Last 0.4%
Philly Fed 21.5, Exp. 9.1, Last 7.6
Empire Fed 9.0, Exp. 4.1, Last 1.5
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December 16 2016
Gold
Indian gold imports up 23.24% in November
Silver
Inside the World’s Deepest Underground Luxury Suite in a Swedish Silver Mine
The U.S. Mint reported selling 3,000American Gold Buffalo coins.
MTD 10,000 sold
YTD 217,000 sold
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