In a piece posted on gold-eagle.com, David Chapman, director of Bullion Management Group Inc., gives a succinct overview of the problems in the Middle East as the revolutionary movements threaten the stability of the world’s major oil producers. He sees the developments being dangers to the dollar, including the possibility of US debt being downgrade
Silver continues to shock the analysts who thought that after the metal’s run to plus $30 a severe correction was in order. Instead, it appears that maybe silver’s move to the downside was only a consolidation. Still, only time will tell, but nothing’s improving on the world’s financial scene and reports of shortages of physical silver abound. So, will silver push to the $40 level, as Gene Arensberg says is a possibility?
Federal Reserve holdings of US treasuries now exceed China’s, with the Fed owning $1,108 billion and China owning $896 billion, according to data released last Thursday. Japan holds another $877 billion. By June, according to one analyst, the Fed will have accumulated $1,600 billion in treasury issues, a number likely to match China’s and Japan’s combined holdings. Just how did the Fed come to own all these securities?