Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Shanghai Gold Exchange Sees Volumes Soar

Shanghai Gold Exchange Sees Volumes Jump 24% 


 "The strong physical demand in China is the main reason behind gold's resilience," a Beijing-based trader told Reuters.




Monday, March 11, 2013

China's "Hot Money"




Why is this chart important? Well, China may now be sitting on a inflationary macro cycle about to get out of control.

The Financial Times has reported that China’s central bank reported that companies and individuals sold Rmb 684 billion ($109 billion) worth of foreign exchange and bought an equivalent amount of Chinese currency in January 2013 --- a record for a single month.

Friday, March 8, 2013

China warns over currency wars

via Financial Times:

China warns over fresh currency tensions 

Competitive devaluations will hurt emerging nations, says Beijing