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Summers, Trichet warn Davos party-goers they underestimate risk
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2007-01-22 15:15 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Fraher
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, January 22, 2007
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=akRtIlTTEx2Q&refer=home
BERLIN -- Lawrence Summers has a message for investors heading to the Swiss mountain resort of Davos this week to toast a year of booming returns and record bonuses.
"It's worth remembering that markets were very upbeat in the early summer of 1914," the former U.S. Treasury secretary observes.
China will spend foreign exchange on 'strategic' resources
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2007-01-22 14:58 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Xiao Yu and Wing-Gar Cheng
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, January 22, 2006
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3qbrjQctNl0
BEIJING -- China, the world's biggest consumer of coal and metals, will use its foreign exchange reserves to buy "strategic" resources, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said.
The government will increase the nation's purchases of resources for strategic stockpiling when there are "plentiful" reserves, Zeng said in a speech carried on the Ministry of Land and Resources Web site today.
IMF will tell central banks to stop double-counting gold, Blanchard learns
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2007-01-22 14:43 Section: Daily DispatchesBlanchard Lauds IMF
Central Bank Gold Lending
Accounting Change
As Industry Landmark
Precious Metals Economic Research Entity
Has Championed This Issue as Key to Adding
Even More Transparency, Price Growth to Gold Market
Company Press Release
via PRNewswire
Monday, January 22, 2007
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0...
China's multi-billion-dollar question
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-01-21 17:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Richard McGregor
Financial Times, London
Sunday, January 21, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cf2b2a5c-a989-11db-9185-0000779e2340.html
With a vaguely worded statement from Wen Jiabao, China's premier, at the close of a weekend meeting in Beijing on finance policy, the die has been cast for a momentous change in the management of the country's massive foreign exchange reserves.
Mr. Wen said the management of the reserves, the world's largest at more than a thousand billion dollars, should be improved and the channels through which they are invested diversified.
GATA supporters in Southeast Asia invited to dinner in Singapore
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-01-21 14:20 Section: Daily Dispatches11:15a ET Sunday, January 21, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA supporter Gabriel Low, who lives in Singapore, has graciously agreed to organize there an informal dinner for GATA supporters in Southeast Asia if there is enough interest. The dinner would discuss mutual interests and possible mobilization on behalf of the liberation of the gold market. If you might be interested in attending such an event, please e-mail Gabriel here:
Leading Canadian banker recommends gold, denounces fiat system
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-01-21 14:06 Section: Daily Dispatches11a ET Sunday, January 21, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold got a stirring endorsement and the central bank system of infinite money a denunciation last week from a remarkable source -- a leading banker in Canada's financial establishment.
The banker, Anthony S. Fell, chairman of RBC Capital Markets and former president of Royal Bank of Canada, delivered the endorsement and denunciation at RBC's client appreciation dinner in Vancouver.
China's reserves reach trillion; premier promises to start spending
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-01-21 03:44 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Xinhua News Agency
via China Daily, Beijing
Sunday, January 21, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-01/21/content_788400.htm
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that China would steadily push forward the foreign exchange rates reform and actively explore and expand the use of its US$1.06-trillion foreign exchange reserves.
China would strengthen operation and management of foreign exchange reserves and facilitate the balance of international payment, said Wen at the two-day Third National Financial Work Conference.
Chinese govt. economist says yuan requires big revaluation
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-01-21 03:24 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Sunday, January 21, 2007
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070121/3/2w3xo.html
BEIJING -- China's policy of allowing the yuan to gain a modest 3-5 percent a year is not sustainable as the cost of preventing a faster rise will crush the central bank, a Chinese economist said.
Zhong Wei, a professor at Beijing Normal University and an editor of a magazine run by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, told a weekend forum in Beijing that China needed another revaluation to build up a properly functioning exchange rate system.
Ecuador calls foreign debt 'illegitimate,' may default on 60%
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2007-01-19 18:35 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Lester Pimentel and Jeb Blount
Bloomberg News Service
Friday, January 19, 2007
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aI1do2.SxVJs
Ecuador's credit rating was cut by Standard & Poor's two days after the country's economy minister told investors the government was considering repaying only 40 percent of its foreign debt.
S&P cut the rating one level to CCC, leaving it four levels above default, from CCC+ and lowered the rating outlook to negative from stable. Economy Minister Ricardo Patino, speaking today in Rio de Janeiro, said he expects to finish a debt restructuring plan by the end of the month.
Venezuelan legislature votes to give Chavez dictatorial power
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2007-01-19 18:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Natalie Obiko Pearson
Associated Press
Friday, January 19, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_chavez_2
Venezuelan lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months so that he can impose sweeping economic, social, and political change.
Emboldened by his landslide re-election last month, the leftist leader has called for "revolutionary laws" to accelerate the country's transformation into a full socialist state.