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Top Stories:
Reported on September 1 in the Nikkei Asian Review:
China sees new world order with oil benchmark backed by gold
“China is expected shortly to launch a crude oil futures contract priced in yuan and convertible into gold in what analysts say could be a game-changer for the industry.”
This story cites no source and merely states “China is expected” Expected by whom? The story doesn’t say and proceeds as if the gold backed/gold covertible Yuan is a fact.
The only official release relating to the story is China is planing to launch a Yuan denominated oil futures contract. No mention of gold. There is no mention of gold backing or exchangeability on the SGE. But alt media has run with the gold backing as the next story to hype.
FAKE BUT ACCURATE
Different Versions of the Gold Backed Yuan Story
1. Gold Backed Yuan. This version would drain gold from China. Why would China offer essentially to pay in gold when they have $1.2 Trillion in dollars to spend on gold? The story doesnt hold because gold can’t be exported from SGE, so it would have to come from PBOC reserves.
2. Not gold backed by SGE or PBOC gold but gold sourced by China from London (DRAINS WESTERN RESERVES – GOLD $13,000!!)
3. Series of contracts – Oil producers sell oil in Yuan, buys gold on SGE, sell short on SGFE to hedge price. (price of gold remains stable and no “gold backing”, just paper gold traded) The gold trade is essentially a wash trade with no real impact on the price. And currently, the gold would have to remain on the SGE.
Ironic, is that the implicit in this arrangement is the oil producer would want to hedge again the volatility of the gold price in fiat/dollar terms.
UPDATE- soon after this blog post was published I received these tweet making scenario three even more implausible
Btw, if one buys gold with RMB on SGE and then hedge in China, the hedge is denominated in RMB, so one is still exposed to RMB price.
— Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) October 8, 2017
AFAIK the SHFE doesnt offer gold futures to foreigners, only on the SGEI can foreigners short “Au(T+D)”.
— Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) October 8, 2017
The SHFE is a pure CNH (onshore yuan) market. On the SGEI CNH and CNY (on & off shore) can be used. pic.twitter.com/W2hxYxqAk5
— Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) October 8, 2017
This arrangement is significant in that it could help the Yuan gain more “currency” in the international markets. It’s less significant, however, from the perspective of adding real gold demand. If current oil producers wanted to buy gold with their dollar proceeds they could. Accepting Yuan for oil, perhaps makes it more likely that they might want to by “gold” rather than hold Yuan.
Calling the arrangement above “gold backed” is a misnomer.The arrangement is not the same as swapping oil for gold. Its essentially dumping Yuan for a gold contract (denominated in YUAN!).
For example, if Saudi Arabia sells oil to the US and uses the proceeds to buy wheat futures on a US Exchange to hedge against rising food prices, no one would call that a Wheat-Backed Dollar.
Despite Jim Rickards writing on September 27, “China just announced that any oil-exporter that accepts yuan for oil can convert the oil to gold on the Shanghai Gold Exchange and hedge the hard currency value of the gold on the Shanghai Futures Exchange”, Egon von Greyerz notes (see below)- NONE of this has been confirmed. We have see no such announcement.
Another gold commentator, ALasdair Mcleod of Gold Money, was cited as saying “the Gold backed yuan was in the planning for a long time and originally it was going to be launched at the beginning of this year, it has been delayed the latest information we have is… the contract will be launched by the year end, we don’t actually know when and it may be delayed even further.”
Without sources, it’s hard to believe any of the different gold-backed/gold convertible Yuan stories.
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Gold and silver.
Gold closed last week at $1279.40 an ounce and closed this week at $1276 -0.1 %
Silver closed last week at $16.63 an ounce and closed this week at $16.81 +1%
The gold and silver ratio ended the week at 75.91:1
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Gold sourced Outside China
What happens when $1.8T in Chinese imports (50%+ commodities) begins settling in gold ($120b/yr annual production)? https://t.co/jPWQWQnNAE
— Luke Gromen (@LukeGromen) October 7, 2017
Rickards from SGE
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Gold Makes You Smart:
Jim Rickards:are the chinese stupid or do they see something most people don’t
Insider info: “They are definitely not stupid, I spent time in China, know a lot of people there, they know what they are doing”
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October 2, 2017
Fed Chatter
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US Economic Data
US Mfg PMI 53.1, Exp. 53.0
US Mint Sales Update
U.S. Mint reported selling 100,000 American Silver Eagles and 1,000 American Gold Eagles today.
MTD American Silver Eagles sold 100,000 & American Gold Eagles sold 1,000
YTD American Silver Eagles sold 15,998,500/American Gold Eagles sold 171,000
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The U.S. Mint reported selling 500 American Gold Buffalo coins.
MTD 500 sold
YTD 77,000 sold
The U.S. Mint sold 0 of the first America the Beautiful Coin of 2017 today – the Effigy Mounds National Monument coin. YTD Effigy Mounds ATB coins 35,000. The US Mint sold 0 Frederick Douglas National Historical Site ATB coins and 0 of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
The US Mint sold 0 Ellis Island ATB coins today
Total YTD ATB coin sales 35,000 Effigy Mounds National Monument coins, 20,000 Frederick Douglas National Historical Site, 20,000 Ozark National Scenic Riverways ATB coins and 40,000 Ellis Island ATB coins. Total 115,000
October 3, 2017
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SEPTEMBER SILVER EAGLE SALES CRASH TO UNTHINKABLE LOWS
October 4, 2017
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GOLD EAGLE SALES REMAIN GROUNDED IN SEPTEMBER
US Economic Data
ISM Non-mfg 59.8, Exp. 55.5
Markit Services PMI 55.3, Exp. 55.1
ISM Non-mfg Prices 66.3, +8.4
US Mint Sales Update
U.S. Mint reported selling 100,000 American Silver Eagles and 500 American Gold Eagles today.
MTD American Silver Eagles sold 150,000 & American Gold Eagles sold 1,500
YTD American Silver Eagles sold 16,048,500/American Gold Eagles sold 171,500
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The U.S. Mint reported selling 500 American Gold Buffalo coins.
MTD 1,000 sold
YTD 77,500 sold
The U.S. Mint sold 0 of the first America the Beautiful Coin of 2017 today – the Effigy Mounds National Monument coin. YTD Effigy Mounds ATB coins 35,000. The US Mint sold 0 Frederick Douglas National Historical Site ATB coins and 0 of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
The US Mint sold 0 Ellis Island ATB coins today
Total YTD ATB coin sales 35,000 Effigy Mounds National Monument coins, 20,000 Frederick Douglas National Historical Site, 20,000 Ozark National Scenic Riverways ATB coins and 40,000 Ellis Island ATB coins. Total 115,000
October 5, 2017
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PERTH MINT SELLS NEARLY SIX TIMES MORE GOLD THAN THE U.S. MINT IN SEPTEMBER
US Mint Sales Update
U.S. Mint reported selling 0 American Silver Eagles and 1,000 American Gold Eagles today.
MTD American Silver Eagles sold 150,000 & American Gold Eagles sold 2,500
YTD American Silver Eagles sold 16,048,500/American Gold Eagles sold 172,500
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The U.S. Mint reported selling 0 American Gold Buffalo coins.
MTD 1,000 sold
YTD 77,500 sold
The U.S. Mint sold 0 of the first America the Beautiful Coin of 2017 today – the Effigy Mounds National Monument coin. YTD Effigy Mounds ATB coins 35,000. The US Mint sold 0 Frederick Douglas National Historical Site ATB coins and 0 of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
The US Mint sold 0 Ellis Island ATB coins today
Total YTD ATB coin sales 35,000 Effigy Mounds National Monument coins, 20,000 Frederick Douglas National Historical Site, 20,000 Ozark National Scenic Riverways ATB coins and 40,000 Ellis Island ATB coins. Total 115,000
US Economic Data
October 6, 2017
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Fed Chatter
Dudley: Inflation Weak on Temporary Factors, Will Rise Back to 2%
Unemployment Is ‘Low,’ Job Gain Trend Is ‘Sturdy’
US Economic Data
October 7, 2017
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A TALE OF TWO MINTS – US AND PERTH MINTS POST FAR DIFFERENT SILVER SALES
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