1.1 T gold vendues la semaine passée .. retour à des niveaux faiblissimes..
bref.. le suspect habituel est tjs le même.. du coté du cartel, puisque ni les BC europe, ni les producteurs ne vendent suffisamment d'or pour justifier les montants largués sur le marché

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"The ECB Consolidated financial statement reported an E22Mm (1.1 tonne) reduction in "gold and gold receivables" said to reflect "the sale of gold by one Eurosystem central bank". As usual recently, this is far below the 9.6 tonne level notionally required to meet the average WAG2 sale level (last week's total was 0.95 tonnes). Such a trivial amount once again raises the question of could this be just ill-judged option commitments triggering off – masking a more passive attitude to current sales."
The low ECB central bank sale numbers are striking. It is this central bank gold that is required to meet the annual 1,000 to 1,500 tonne supply/demand deficit … with the real number most likely to be closer to the higher number. Last week’s ECB sale number was closer to the norm of weekly sales of late.
It tells us…
*The ECB banks are becoming more and more reluctant to part with the gold they have left.
*Someone else has stepped up to the plate to augment that decreasing sale number and we know it is not the producers because they have been decreasing their forward sale positions.
*The Gold Cartel seems to be the one only left to do selling in any kind of size. They are the culprit. Only the nitwit gold industry, led by the World Gold Council, could watch the obvious and remain silent about the most important factor of their business.

lol, non seulement elles ne vendent pas, mais les banques signataires WAg sont net acheteuses, la semaine passée ... c'est la 2eme fois que ça se produit depuis sept dernier
d'accord 0.05 T, c'est pas beaucoup... mais ça montre bien que la tendance n'est vraiment pas à la vente, pour les BC ...en dépit des dernieres rumeurs complétement bidons, de vente d'or par la Buba

In the week ending 30 January 2009 the increase of EUR 1 million in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected the net purchase of gold coin by one Eurosystem central bank.
[url=http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/wfs/2009/html/fs09020 3.en.html]http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/wfs/2009/html/fs09020 3.en.html[/url]

The ECB’s weekly statement of condition indicated a rise of E1Mm (0.05 tonnes at the current book value) – said to be caused by a purchase of gold coin by one subordinate CB. This is I believe only the second time in the 9 year history of WAG sales agreements that an increase has been reported. Last week’s sale was 2.35 tonnes.

tiens donc .... nette augmentation des ventes Bc europe, cette semaine : 7.76T.. c'est bien entendu sous le quota hebdo autorisé ( 9.6 T ) .. mais tres nettement en augmentation par rapport aux nombreuses semaines précédentes


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Today’s ECB statement of condition produced the news that the group’s “gold and gold receivables” fell by E155Mm (7.76 tonnes). This was said to “reflect the sale of gold” by one captive CB and the “net purchase” of gold coin by another. The largest disposition in quite some time, and a sharp contrast to last week’s 0.3 tonne disposition. Still, of course, below the 9.6 tonne average required to meet the WAG2 quota on an even weekly basis.

encore 8.3 T gold vendues la semaine passée .. toujours en deça du quota hebdo autorisé de 9.6T, mais nettement en hausse par rapport aux" riens" de ces derniers mois

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The weekly ECB statement of condition indicated that “gold and gold receivables” fell E116Mm last week, said to reflect the sale of gold by one captive CB and the “net purchase of gold coin by another…” This is 8.3 tonnes at the current book value. Last week’s total was 7.76 tonnes. On its face, an ECB Bank has resumed sales – weekly sales amounts have been insignificant for some time. Of course, the amount is still below the 9.6 tonnes which would be notionally required to evenly fill the WAG2 quota, but there is nothing to stop a selling CB disposing of much more in a week if it chose.
An astute observer suggests that a new WAG is due in early March. He believes it will happen. I am not so sure.

10.86 T vendues semaine passée.. en nette augmentation depuis 3 semaines donc..

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This week’s ECB statement of condition showed an E 214 Mm decrease in "gold and gold receivables" which "reflected the sale of gold by one Eurosystem central bank".
This is 10.86 tonnes, and compares to 8.3 tonnes the previous week and 7.76 tonnes the week before that. As noted previously, it looks as if a captive CB has started a gold sales program. This is the first time in many weeks that the sales volume has exceeded the notional 9.6 tonnes which is the implied average if the WAG2 quota were to be sold evenly – not that that is obligatory. (The previous two weeks had a presumably small offset in the form of net purchases of gold coin by another captive CB.)

et une remarqueTRES interessante

What also caught my attention was how much the ECB has accelerated its sales the past few weeks. They have gone from selling an average of 1 to 2 tonnes up to a bit more than 8. The Gold Cartel must have called in a few favors.
But the key point of the note is that this 38 tonnes of selling is dwarfed over a two month period by the 249 tonnes the GLD has supposedly bought over the same time period of time Hmmm.

non seulement les ventes nettes des BC captives bce refluent sur les plus bas hebdo ( 1.85 t ) mais ya du nouveau, dans les communiqués pourtant laconiques de la BCE ... faut lire entre les lignes ... voir ce qui est souligné en rouge, dans le texte ....
eh oui acheter de l'or ou des piéces, ce n'est pas exactement la même chose ...
bien sur ça peut etre l'à peu pres bidonné des rapports de la BCE, ça serait pas la 1ere fois ... mais bon .. on reléve cette nuance de taille, au cazou ..

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The ECB weekly statement of condition indicated an E37Mm fall in "gold and gold receivables" – 1.85 tonnes at the present book value. This is attributed to a sale by one captive CB and "purchase of gold by another…"
This could be rather important. Over the past three weeks, the net sales have been 10.86, 8.3 and 7.76 tonnes respectively – on its face this is a reversion to levels more normal in recent months. Potentially more significant, this is the first time that I can remember that the ECB announcement has referred to a "purchase of gold" by a captive CB, rather than dismissively (as in the last two weeks) to "a net purchase of gold coin". Could it be that a captive CB has actually started a buying program, offsetting the selling one that seems to have been running? It is a long time since any European CB broke ranks and purchased a significant amount of gold.
Of course, it could be just sloppy reporting by the ECB. That has happened before.

les derniers recensements indiquent que les BC sont passées NET acheteuses de gold == > les ventes des bc européennes ne suffisent plus à amortir les achats des autres BC

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Banks were January net buyers of 1.1 million oz of gold: CPM New York (Platts)--10Mar2009
Central banks, which have been net sellers of gold in recent years, were net buyers of an estimated 1.1 million oz in January, according to the latest Market Alert by the CPM Group, the New York-based metals consultancy. The world's central banks were both buyers and sellers, but the quantity bought outstripped what was sold.
Ecuador is estimated to have purchased 920,000 oz of gold in January, Venezuela bought 240,000 oz and Russia purchased 130,000 oz, after having bought 310,000 oz in December.
"Ecuador's government has run into severe political and economic problems, and has a dollarized economy, using the US dollar as its currency and thus not having many monetary tools, such as being able to issue money that other central banks possess," CPM noted.
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(snip)
" France was the largest seller of gold in January by 40,000 oz and
10,000 oz, respectively.
"It seems highly unlikely that such large net purchases of gold by
central banks will continue," said CPM. "However, those central banks that
have been selling gold for much of the past two decades have sold most of
what they wanted to sell. Others are buying small volumes, and considering
larger purchases, in the face of the financial crises and currency market
volatility they have faced over the past year."
http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7719694.xml?sub=Metals&p=Metals/News&?undefined&undefined

" France was the largest seller of gold in January

Tain mais qu'ils sont cons...!!!


Si ce n'était pas la France, ça me ferait ptêt marrer...




Ne m'appelez plus jamais France....

Avec l'Atlantisme effrené de Sarko Premier, son allégeance au cartel, etc...

Si la presse était moins nulle en France, peut être que l'État n'oserait pas (plus) vendre l'Or de la France (à vil prix, et contre du USD of course) ?

On doit vendre les bijoux de familles dans les temps difficiles, et nous y sommes ; à l'inverse les Républiques Socialistes Bolivariennes achètent ! Rafael rules !

ventes nettes de 5.5 T de gold, par une seule banque signataire du WAG.. une autre, ayant encore acheté du gold

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Tuesday’s ECB weekly statement of condition indicates that the group shed E105Mm (5.25 tonnes at the present book value) in "gold and gold receivables". The previous week’s quantum was 1.85 tonnes; the week before that was 10.86 tonnes.
Possibly importantly, the fall is once again attributed to a sale by one CB and
"a purchase of gold by another Eurosystem central bank."
Before last week, purchases were invariably described as being for (or actually of) gold coin. This and the fact that the average sale for the previous three weeks was 8.97 tonnes supports the idea that a selling program by one ECB captive CB is being partially offset by purchases by another. It is a long time since any European CB bought significant amounts of gold.

Changement de cap des BC confirmé

très importante analyse détaillée de Julian D.W Phillips
avec une récapitulation historique depuis 1980, en passant par la signature du washington agreement ... jusquà ce qui se passe now ..

les temps changent ... bigrement )

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la BCE annonce avoir vendu 35.5 T d'or, le 31 mars

57 01Apr09 RTRS-ECB sells 35.5 tonnes of gold, worth $1 bln

FRANKFURT, April 1 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank said on Tuesday it had sold 35.5 tonnes of gold <XAU=> on March 31.

At the current gold spot price of $918.55 for an ounce, the sale would have brought just over $1 billion, or close to 800 million euros, to ECB coffers.

The sale was in line with with the central bank agreement from Sept. 27, 2004, which sets limits on the amount of gold central banks can sell, the ECB said in a statement.

The ECB and other European central banks pledged to cap their total sales at 2,500 tonnes in the 2004-2009 period in the gold sale agreement, compared with 2,000 tonnes in the previous five years. (Reporting by Sakari Suoninen; Editing by Victoria Main)

((sakari.suoninen@reuters.com; +49 69 7565 1267; Reuters Messaging: sakari.suoninen.reuters.com@reuters.net))

Keywords: ECB/GOLD

comme d'hab et pour ses propres ventes, la BCE les comptabilisera plus tard ds ses comptes rendu hebdo ... faudra donc faire gaffe à ne pas double compter les mêmes ventes .. )

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commentaires sur l'annonce vente 35.5 T BCE

A curt announcement from the ECB today reports:
"On 31 March 2009, the European Central Bank (ECB) has completed gold sales amounting to 35.5 tonnes of gold."
Presumably the ECB is following its former habit of announcing its own sales (in tonnes, rather than in Euro book value) before running them through the weekly consolidated statement of condition. On past form, this sale will show up in a few weeks. As Andy Smith points out today, the lack of a definitive statement that this fills the selling objective for the year has to be read as meaning there is more to come.
Why the ECB undermines the veracity of its weekly statements in this way is a mystery. The sale, however makes even more interesting the apparent purchases of gold by one of the subordinate CBs noted yesterday.
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la bce a par ailleurs et cette fois, ci pour ses bques captives annoncé la vente nette de 4.15 T, la semaine passée ( avec une Bc vendeuse, et une autre, acheteuse d'or et non plus de pièces )

The ECB’s weekly statement of condition indicates that "gold and gold receivables" fell E82 Mm last week: 4.15 tonnes at the present book value. This "reflected" the sale of gold by one "Eurosystem central bank… and the purchase of gold by another". This is the third time in four weeks that this form of language has been used. It is quite distinct from what is said when a coin program is under way: it looks very much as if a CB has broken ranks and is buying for FX reserve purposes. This could be an important precedent. (Last week two CBs were reported to have sold 0.65 tonnes in total.)