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Gold, Bitcoin Soar After China Liquidates Most Reserves On Record To Defend Currency

A little over two months ago, when official PBOC data revealed that not only had Chinese reserve outflow slowed down, but actually posted an uptick in October, we warned that "Capital Is Still Flowing Out Of China, Here's How Beijing Is Hiding It", in which we explained that in taking a page from the western bankers' playbook, the Chinese central bank had shifted to less "traceable" forms of currency manipulation, namely via "forwards". To wit:

What Is Money Printing?

by Keith Weiner

 

There is a populist idea of money printing. The idea is that banks can just print what they want, enriching themselves in a massive fraud. But, does it really work this way?

Let’s start with a simple case, which is clearly not money printing. We will build a series of examples by adding one element at a time, working our way up to banks, and the central bank. Then we can examine this idea of printing.

Banco De Portugal Indicates The ECB Stress Test Was A Complete 'Sham'

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that after a period of relative quietness on the European front, something was bound to happen again. Even though it has been less than six months since Greece had to close its banks in an attempt to stop a bank run, it feels like it has been an eternity as the mainstream media chose not to spend too much attention on a fait-divers like a bank run.

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