Jakten på trygge investeringsalternativer øker sjansene for at gull får en renessanse   Problemstillingene som ble berørt av IMF, i artikkelen vi postet 12 april lenger ned på disse sid...

  Central banks pounce on falling gold   A sharp fall in gold prices has triggered large purchases of bullion by central banks in recent weeks, according to several traders with knowledge of ...

  Insight: U.S. readies defenses against Europe spillover   The United States is ramping up attempts to safeguard its financial system from a worsening of Europe's debt crisis, joining nations...

  Selling More Insurance on Shaky European Debt Raises Risk for U.S. Banks   U.S. banks increased sales of insurance against credit losses to holders of Greek, Portuguese, Irish, Spanish and I...

  Central banks pull most gold in a decade from BIS   Central banks have pulled 635 tonnes of gold from the Bank for International Settlements in the past year, the largest withdrawal in more...

  Posen slams BIS over interest rate criticism   MPC committee member Adam Posen has slammed the Bank for International Settlements for its comments over the UK’s soft interest rate policy. ...

  Interest rates must rise worldwide, says BIS   The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that low interest rates across the globe are a threat to world financial stability. The...

  Greek Default Spells ‘Havoc’ for Banks a Year After Bailout   A year after European officials bailed out Greece, investors say the region’s banks haven’t raised sufficient capital o...

  As currencies fall gold will take an ever increasing role in global affairs   In the last few days a fairly new market perception has been creeping in.   The expectation that Eurozone inte...

  Central Banker Who Predicted Crisis Sees Big Dangers Ahead   The global economy is in a "particularly dangerous" position that can only be corrected if the currencies of developing countries...

  Soros, Stiglitz and Wolf Find (Gaping) Holes in New Financial 'Reform'   On Friday, The FT's chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf and U.S. managing editor Gillian Tett joined me to discu...

Bank of Japan riles US with yen move   Simon Derrick, currency chief at the Bank of New York Mellon, said Tokyo has a battle royale on its hands. “The authorities are not fighting speculative f...

Banks swaping gold for liquidity   Three big banks – HSBC, Société Générale and BNP Paribas – were among more than 10 based in Europe that swapped gold with the Bank for Interna...