Why Central Bank Buying Has the Gold Market Guessing

The gold market was caught by surprise when two of eastern Europe’s biggest economies, Poland and Hungary, made rare purchases in recent months. Why central banks buy gold is often a major topic of market speculation. Were Poland and Hungary signaling worries about economic conditions? Were they cutting exposure to the dollar? Or maybe hedging against potential European Union sanctions?

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Rupee Set to Slide to 75 per Dollar, Say Lenders

India’s trade deficit for August is likely to remain at $17 billion to $18 billion, while the Federal Reserve is set to raise rates again this month, both of which will weigh on the rupee, Philip Wee, a senior currency strategist at DBS, wrote in a note. UBS Securities India Pvt. cut its year-end forecast to 73 from 66, while Scotiabank sees the rupee approaching 74 in the run up to the Fed meeting.   

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MCX GOLD FUTURES OUTLOOK

Gold May Hit $1,300 by End of Year, ICBC Says

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Bullion is set to average $1,260 an ounce in the third quarter and rise further in the following three months as interest rate increases are priced in and physical demand emerges, Marcus Garvey, a London-based commodities strategist, said in an interview in India.       

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Bitcoin is More Like Gold than a Currency

Bitcoin is More Like Gold than a Currency

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – In the seven months since Bitcoin’s price peaked, it has fallen by about two-thirds. But it’s still almost three times more valuable than it was a year ago. So what does the future hold for Bitcoin? There are three scenarios:

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Trump’s Turned Asia Junk Investors Into Nervous Nellies

Gold Silver Reports – Then there’s the collateral damage of his greenbackboosting, late-cycle fiscal stimulus, which is making investors worried about Asian currency weakness. Indonesian notes are swimming in a sea of red ink.          PT Lippo Karawaci bonds have cratered of late. Moody’s Investors Service named …

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Bitcoin Is Failing As Currency

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – The only way to value the likes of Bitcoin correctly is to recognise that it’s a speculative investment and not a currency, said Damodaran who is known for his work on valuing companies and understanding stock investments. “If you put the currency in pocket and you forget about it for a year then at the end of the year if you put it out then it shouldn’t have lost half its value.”                                   

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Hong Kong Plows $1.2 Billion Into Defending Currency to Little Effect

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Hong Kong Plows $1.2 Billion Into Defending Currency to Little Effect — The city’s dollar traded near HK$7.85 per greenback at 12:23 p.m. local time, the level that can spur buying by the de facto central bank. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has spent HK$9.7 billion ($1.2 billion) mopping up local dollars since the weak end of the band was reached on Thursday for the first time since 2005. The pace of intervention shows outflows are bigger than people had thought, according to China Everbright Bank Co.                                    

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