Is the London Gold Shortage Just a Tariff Scare... or Something More?
The bank's reported intervention via gold leasing this week was a proclamation that the bank and probably the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury are still engaged in gold price suppression.
UK faces gold shortage as traders send $82B to New York in anticipation of Trump tariffs
People can’t get their hands on gold because so much has been shipped to New York, and the rest is stuck in the queue,” one industry executive was quoted as saying.
Heathrow's third runway and London 'gold shortage'
The report quotes a source close to the MP behind the bill, Kim Leadbeater, who says MPs were "looking carefully" at possible amendments to it. It notes that opponents consider the judge's decision a "key safeguarding element" of the bill, which affects England and Wales.
UK gold shortage as £66bn moved out of London
A surge in gold shipments to the US has led to a shortage in London, according to reports. Traders have amassed an almost £66bn stockpile in New York in recent weeks amid concerns over tariffs by the Donald Trump administration, the Financial Times reports.
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Trump tariff concerns drive gold rush to New York, draining London reserves: Report
The minimum waiting time to load gold out of the Bank of England, which stores gold for central banks, has reached four weeks, one of the sources said. In normal times, the release time is a few days or a week.
Traders are moving so much gold from the Bank of England to the U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs that the waiting time has reportedly octupled
But in some instances, traders must deliver physical gold to fulfill some of their futures contracts. Fears around Trump’s ...
London gold market queues up to borrow central bank gold after big shipments to US, sources say
By Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) -London bullion market players are racing to borrow gold from central banks, which store ...
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UK: London Eye lights up while Sydney Opera House stages gala to mark Chinese New Year
Britain's iconic London Eye shone in radiant gold and red on Tuesday evening, the eve of the Spring Festival or the Chinese ...