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 The following article by David Haggith was first published on The Great Recession Blog:

For 2016, international merchandise trade statistics point out China has net imported roughly 1,300 tonnes of gold, down 17 % from 2015. The importance of measuring gold imports into the Chinese domestic gold market - which are prohibited from being exported – is to come to the best understanding on the division of above ground reserves in and outside the Chinese domestic market. 

Submitted by a reader of Zero Hedge, living in Norway, who wishes to remain anonymous

President Trump: :An American Perspective from Living in Norway, by Anonymous

Background – Moving and Living in Norway.

According to Hillary, I am a “deplorable.” I would like to share my story how this came about and what this election meant to me.

Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

Pretending Period is Over

The refugee crisis in Europe got more interesting this week.

Within hours of Brussels giving the green light on Merkel’s ill-advised deal with Turkey, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan sacked sacked Ahmet Davutoglu, the prime minister who negotiated the deal with German chancellor Angela Merkel.

For details see EU Approves Deal With Turkey (Then All Hell Breaks Loose).

The automation of the global workplace is spreading and, as Pew recently found, 65% of Americans now believe their job will inevitably be done by robots.

In a low-growth world, every low-skill job is up for grabs by the robot/drone horde as the need to cut costs is core business for every CFO (aside from share buybacks) as minimum wage mandates have forced these cost-cutting CFOs to look for alternatives.