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The IMF will add the yuan to its basket of reserve currencies, an international stamp of approval of the strides China has made integrating into a global economic system dominated for decades by the U.S., Europe and Japan...

The currencies of Russia and China are moving to become as "good as gold," F. William Engdahl notes, explaining why the countries are buying gold at a steady pace...

We have entered a new and unprecedented phase in monetary policy. Central banks in Europe and Japan have now implemented Negative Interest Rate Policies (NIRP). The long term effects of these policies are unknown, but we see discouraging side effects  . . . .

Gold rose 1 percent on Thursday as the dollar and stock markets retreated, keeping the metal on course for its biggest quarterly gain in nearly 30 years as expectations of U.S. interest rate hikes . . . .

If you ever wanted to know if lower and lower interest rates for longer and longer helps to prop up the value of gold, look no further than Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 . . . .

On Thursday, March 17, the United States Mint began offering the Proof versions of the 2016 American Gold Eagle product range...

India has had a long-standing love affair with gold. At Indian weddings, some of the brides get so much gold jewelry that it weighs them down. There are upwards of 15 million weddings every year in India...

World mine production of silver poised to decline this year. 

Silver hasn’t been so cheap relative to gold for more than seven years and with mine supplies forecast to contract this year that may be a sign it’s ready to come out of the yellow metal’s shadow...

At a stroke, Janet Yellen revived gold investors’ faith in the metal and the miners who produce it...

Japan’s negative interest rates are boosting demand for gold, according to the nation’s biggest bullion retailer...