Clearly, this was due to the wipe-out of speculators on margin who were not buying silver as a monetary reserve, but as a risky trade.
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Just as central banks in China, India, Russia and many other nations view gold as a monetary reserve protection against the falling dollar, major academic institutions are looking for new asset classes like precious metals and commodities to produce returns that can be put to work as a source of funds for a large portion of college operating expenses.
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With the ultra-loose monetary policy from the global central banks and the Federal Reserve promising monetary stimulus until the jobs picture in the U.S. improves, investors have been returning to the gold ETFs.
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We keep hearing that Federal Reserve monetary policy will lead to the demise of paper money.
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Federal Reserve monetary policy errors caused the housing bubble and precipitated the housing bust.
Traders and investors will scrutinize the minutes for clues regarding upcoming Federal Reserve monetary policy moves.
Next week the big factor for the financial markets, metals included, will be the two-day Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting, set for Sept. 20-21.
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Federal Reserve monetary policy acts as an economic traffic cop.
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The re-election of President Obama means a greater likelihood of continuity in U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy, including a continuation of the bond-buying program known as quantitative easing, said Anne-Laure Tremblay, precious-metals strategist at BNP Paribas.
Finally, House Republicans should pass legislation removing the discretionary monetary policy powers of the Federal Reserve, mandating it to conduct monetary policy in accordance with a price rule following market prices for gold, silver, oil and other commodities.
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Some historians (including Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz) blame the market crash of 2nd half 1937 (U.S. stock prices fell by 40%) and the Roosevelt recession on the Federal Reserve signaling from late 1936 that abnormal monetary ease would end (raising reserve requirements).
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When the Federal Reserve encourages monetary inflation via credit expansion, banks artificially lower interest rates.
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Implied yields fell heavily as investors built-up expectations for an official monetary antidote from the Reserve Bank.
C. about the so-called fiscal cliff and for any clues on future monetary policy from Federal Reserve officials.
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In 1982, unemployment reached 10.8% as the Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy in order to put the brakes on inflation.
Many market watchers are looking ahead to the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting, where the Federal Reserve reviews monetary policy.
The Federal Reserve sets monetary policy, not the president or lawmakers.
To stave off recession, the Federal Reserve loosened monetary policy.
The rise in the price of gold is being caused by commodity speculation and is a message to the Federal Reserve that monetary policy is on the wrong track.
Wall Street took a disappointing nonfarm payrolls report in stride Friday, likely because traders are already counting on another dose of monetary stimulus from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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In the context of the ballooning borrowing requirements of the U.S. government, and the already easy monetary policies of Federal Reserve maybe something that could very well usher in a hyperinflationary event in America.
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When the Fed reduced the discount rate in September 2007 and left the Federal Funds rate unchanged, it was deliberately increasing the likelihood that banks would shift their borrowing to the Fed and trigger reserve and monetary expansion.
"Even as the policy stance emphasizes addressing the growth risks, the headroom for further monetary easing remains quite limited, " the Reserve Bank of India said in its mid-quarter monetary policy review after lowering its key lending rate, known as the repurchase rate, to 7.5% from 7.75%.
"Even as the policy stance emphasizes addressing the growth risks, the headroom for further monetary easing remains quite limited, " the Reserve Bank of India said in its mid-quarter monetary policy review after lowering its key lending rate, known as the repurchase rate, to 7.50% from 7.75%.
The rally also came ahead of Tuesday's meeting of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee.
Recession fears and expectations of further easing of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy were at odds Friday.
With the stock market hitting record highs, economic growth has stalled despite monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
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The announcement came after China indicated it would loosen monetary policy by lowering the reserve requirement ratio for banks.
Presidential candidate Ron Paul has more than a few people talking about boring monetary policy at the Federal Reserve these days.
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As a reminder, the FOMC, the Federal Open Market Committee, is the group that makes monetary policy within the Federal Reserve.
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