Ventes or des banques centrales européennes - statistiques pour l'exercice 2007-2008

2.57 T vendues semaine passée contre 1.59 précdement ..trés en dessous du quota hebdomadaire autorisé
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The ECB’s weekly statement of condition reported one captive CB sold E47Mm of gold last week, 2.57 tonnes at the present book value. Last week’s total was 1.59 tonnes. Well below the notional WAG2 weekly run rate.

1.9 tonnes d'or vendues semaine finissant au 29 février 2008 , suivant vente de 2.1 Tonnes la semaine précédente

plus un calcul des ventes totales d'or déja effectuées par l'eurosystéme à quoi on rajoutera la suède, la suisse qui ne font pas partie de la zone euro ..

soit un total de vente de 187 Tonnes d'or pour les 5 ers mois de l'année wag 4 , 37.4 Tonnes / mois ... soit à rythme constant et pour l'année compléte septembre2007-septembre2008 : 448 Tonnes d'or... en dessous du quota de vente d'or alloué - aux Banques centrales européennes -de 500 tonnes d'or / an


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2.13 T vendues par systéme BCE , semaine du 26 fév au 4 mars

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On Tuesday the ECB weekly statement indicated an E39mm sale of gold, by one captive CB net of some coinage purchases by another. This is 2.13 tonnes at the current book value, down from 2.57 tonnes last week. Of course this is far below the notional run rate implied by WAG2.

3.3 Tonnes d'or vendues semaine se terminant le 7 mars

soit un total de 192.7 tonnes d'or vendues par les BC depuis septembre 2007


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pas de vente d'or de la part de la BUBA- banque centrale allemande, d'ici septembre 2008

lire la déclaration d'Axel Weber, son président qui ajoute -de surcroit- que la prochaine réunion à ce sujet, prévue en septembre, verra les choses inchangées ..

les 3417 tonnes d'or que posséde l'allemagne ( officiellement ) resteront donc dans ses coffres


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2.19 T vendues semaine dernière

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Last week, according to the ECB weekly Statement of Condition, one captive CB sold E40Mm of gold - 2.19 tonnes at the present book value. Last week’s volume was 3.67 tonnes. Of course, this is well below the notional 9.6 tonne average required to evenly sell the annual quota under WAG2.

la Banque centrale suisse a vendu 10.95 Tonnes d'or en février , ce qui avec les 8.37 Tonnes d'or vendues par systéme BCE fait 19.32 tonnes pour le mois de février, très en dessous du quota mensuel de vente d'or de 38.47 tonnes/ mois

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Swiss National Bank statistics, available today on Reuters, indicate that in February, Swiss gold holdings were cut 352,100 ozs (10.95 tonnes). In the first selling tranche, during WAG1, the Swiss sold about 1 tonne every business day – so there has been an important slow down. During February, the ECB reported selling E153 Mm of gold – 8.37 tonnes at the currant book value. Collectively, these sales (19.32 tonnes) are well short of the notional WAG2 implied average of 38.47 tonnes per month.

Bundesbank : le ministre des finances allemand démend que la BUBA ait formé le projet de vendre de l'or

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSL2911176020080329

zip, zero, nada vente d'or des banques du systeme BCE, la semaine passée .
c'est la 1ere fois que ça arrive, depuis la signature du washington agreement en 1999 !

qui peut vendre l'or sur le comex, à votre avis?

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1.99 T vendues par banques systéme BCE, semaine passée

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la banque centrale suisse annonce qu'elle ne reconduira pas son programme de vente d'or, une fois celui ci terminé
sur la vente de 250 tonnes d'or, programmée sur 2 ans et annoncée en juin 2007 , 145 tonnes d'or ont été vendues courant 2007 , puis sur un rythme plus lent , 42 Tonnes d'or vendues sur 2008
reste donc 1 quart à écouler d'ici fin septembre 2009 soit 63 Tonnes.. c'est peu .. il faudra qu'ils trouvent un autre vendeur d'or pour sept2008/ sept 2009

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The Swiss National Bank indicated today that it contemplates no more gold sales when the current program in finished. This 250 tonne tranche was announced in June ’07 and saw 145 tonnes sold by year end. Since then the pace has slowed, with less than a third left to be finished by September ’09.

ce n'est pas l'or des banques du sytéme BCE qui est mis sur le marché
0.95 T vendues semaine dernière, et 1.89 semaine précédente
donc pas d'or européen .. à moins que ça ne soit la BCE elle même, qui ne donne ses statistiques que bien après les ventes
( perso, j'en doute fortement .. ndrl marie )




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According to the ECB’s weekly statement of condition one captive ECB sold E18mm of gold last week: 0.95 tonnes at the present book value. Last week’s report was 1.89 tonnes. Judging by the action on the fixes, there clearly has been a large seller of physical about: but the ECB group appears not to be involved. (It is possible, however, that the ECB itself is selling: habitually it only announces its own sales well after the fact).

à propos du mode de comptabilité des ventes d'or, sur le site de la BCE, une très interessante remarque d'Ed Wener..

en résumé, on sait qu'il y a un vendeur d'or très persistant en ce moment.. mais les chiffres postés sur le site de la BCE, n'indiquent rien
vu la terminomogie très évasive employée, rien n'empecherait une banque centrale de préter son or à fin de vente sur le comex ..cela ne changerait rien au chiffrage hebdomadaire de la BCE.

l'auteur, sans se prononcer, bien évidemment, n'exclue donc pas que ce vendeur d'or soit une banque européenne ..

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Gold and Gold Receivables: A Closer Look at Eurosystem Activity
Hi Bill:
In your Midas commentary today you wrote:
And it's not just derivatives trading that is smashing gold. The AM Fix came in at a very weak $863.50 ($14 off of late yesterday's high), which means someone is flooding the market with physical. BUT WHO? We know that the individual European banks have pulled way back from what they are allowed to sell under the Washington Agreement. What, have they sold 3 tonnes the past few weeks, when they are allowed to sell about 19 tonnes?
In your Midas commentary a couple of days ago you included this report concerning last week’s Eurosystem Gold sales:
"According to the ECB’s weekly statement of condition one captive ECB sold E18mm of gold last week: 0.95 tonnes at the present book value. Last week’s report was 1.89 tonnes. Judging by the action on the fixes, there clearly has been a large seller of physical about: but the ECB group appears not to be involved. (It is possible, however, that the ECB itself is selling: habitually it only announces its own sales well after the fact)."
I’ve underlined key elements from these statements. Now let’s take a closer look at the actual announcement posted on the ECB website.
"In the week ending 25 April 2008 the decrease of EUR 18 million in gold and gold receivables (asset item 1) reflected the sale of gold by one Eurosystem central bank (consistent with the Central Bank Gold Agreement that came into effect on 27 September 2004)."
Several points to make:
1) There is no mention of 0.95 tonnes sold (This I assume was calculated by converting 18 million Euros into tonnes of Gold). Instead,
2) there was a decrease of EUR 18 million in the Gold and Gold Receivables account.
3) The meaning of the word reflected in unclear. Upon reflection, one can say it is deliberately unclear. Why use it when one could simply say the decrease of EUR 18 million consisted of the sale of gold etc. By not using a simple and clear word one has to conclude that there was more to this week’s transactions (and previous ones) than just the sale of gold from one central bank.
Further digging turned up this definition of Gold and Gold Receivables:
"Gold and Gold Receivables: Physical gold (i.e. bars, coins, plates, nuggets) in storage or "under way". Non physical gold, such as balances in gold sight accounts (unallocated accounts), term deposits and claims to receive gold arising from the following transactions, upgrading or downgrading transactions and gold location or purity swaps where there is a difference of more than one business day between release and receipt."
Now one could sell a proverbial truckload of Gold under this accounting system and not report any change at all. Notice the mention of unallocated accounts, purity swaps and other exotics. And what is physical gold "under way"? Does it refer to gold "on the way", in transit, or perhaps "deep storage gold" under millions of tonnes of rock?
Let’s go back to the original Midas report. It states there has been a large seller of physical about and the ECB group appears not to be involved. But let’s step back a moment. We all know that government inflation statistics, GDP figures and unemployment reports are doctored. Why should we accept at face value the ECB weekly gold (and receivables) report at face value? We know from the case of the Central Bank of Portugal that their Gold Holdings reports to the IMF overstated their actual physical Gold in the vault and we have proven to our own satisfaction that other Eurosystem Banks must be doing the same. So why, week after week, report that the ECB "only’ sold the one or two tonnes their reports "reflect"?
What if, for example, France under their new US friendly President is asked to swap investment grade French bars for an IOU backed by the older impure melt bars the US holds? Nothing in the above definition of Gold and Gold Receivables requires them to report a CHANGE in their holdings. The drop in physical gold holdings is matched by an equal rise in Gold receivables. Why does the definition of Gold and Gold Receivables even mention such things as "location and purity swaps" if they were not being used?
To conclude: We know that the Gold price is being forced lower. We know that much of this pushing is taking place when Europe first opens for business. A large physical seller must be operating. We do not know who this is or where the Gold comes from. It may be from the vaults holding the ETF Gold, it may be from private hoards that we are not aware of. However, we cannot exclude Eurosystem Gold because their reports are deliberately unclear.
Cheers from Auckland, Ed Wener
ed.na@xtra.co.nz

pour la 2eme fois depuis 9 ans , aucune annonce de vente d'or européen, la semaine passée .. vraiment étonnant ...( la 1ere fois c'était le 4 avril dernier)

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This week’s ECB statement of condition indicates that none of the ECB CBs disposed of any gold last week. The only other time this has happened, in the almost 9 years of Washington Agreement sales, was in the week of April 4th this year – also as it happens after a period of sudden mysterious decline. One might almost think the ECB group wants to avoid blame.

toujours rien ou presque, semaine passée: 0.79 T
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The ECB’s weekly press release indicates that gold and receivables fell E15Mm, which it attributes to the "sale of gold by one Eurosystem central Bank". This is 0.79 tonnes at the current book value. Last week none was reported sold. Obviously, a good deal of physical has been changing hands recently, but apparently the ECB group prefers to appear uninvolved. Sales are now well behind the 9.6 tonne average implied by WAG2.

099 T.. la semaine passée
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The weekly ECB press release attributed the E19Mm (0.997 tonne decline in gold and gold holdings in the ECB cognition statement to sales by one member CB. Last week’s decline was 0.79 tonnes. This is barely a tenth of what the weekly average notionally required to meet the WAG2 quota: the ECB group appears to want no gold limelight right now.

2.41 T vendues semaine passée par banques du systéme BCE, toujours très en dessous du quota de vente hebdo de 9.6T alloué

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The ECB weekly Consolidated financial statement reported a decline in “gold and gold receivables” of E46Mm, which it attributed to a sale by on CB partly offset by a coin purchase by another. This is 2.41 tonnes at the current book value (last week’s report was 0.997 tonnes). Needless to say, this continues far below the 9.6 tonne average sale notionally called for under WAG2. Austria reported selling 9 tonnes of gold last year, leaving 280 tonnes. This would have already shown up in the ECB reports. One wonders what the point is of such a small transaction

0.94 T vendues semaine passée.. bref tjs rien, du coté des bques systéme BCE

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The ECB weekly statement of condition says that "Gold and gold receivables" for the consolidated entity fell E18Mm – 0.94 tonnes at the current book value. Last week the quantum was 2.41 tonnes. Clearly the ECB group has no wish to be in the gold limelight at the moment; indeed, one wonders why bother selling such a tiny amount? – and of course the notional 9.6 tonne WAG2 weekly average requirement is far from being met.

toujours des volumes de vente d'or, dérisoires chez banques centrales européennes du systéme BCE : 1.57 Tonnes d'or vendues la semaine passée

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The ECB group of Central Banks, on the other hand, continues to lie low. According to the weekly statement of condition, one CB sold E30 Mm of gold last week: 1.57 tonnes. Last week’s sale was 2.41 tonnes. Far below the notional 9.6 tonne average implied below the WAG2 agreement.

retour sur les déclarations 2006 de Axel Weber , président de la Buba:
héhé ...
source midas

Hi Bill,
For your interest, the following:

Public admission by Bundesbank president Axel Weber that, although his institution was not a seller of gold, he had been asked by central banks to release reserves through swap deals – presumably so that they can sell borrowed gold and push the price down further. The Fed, acting on behalf of the US treasury, is regarded as the prime
suspect.

Source: US ponders market manipulation, Barry Riley, 16 Oct 2006
http://www.efinancialnews.com/usedition/index/content/1045631696
Mike

ça se réveille .. un peu ..5.93 T; mais toujours très en dessous du quota hebdo autorisé de 9.6t
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The ECB’s weekly statement of condition reported that one captive CB sold E113Mm of gold, 5.93 tonnes at the present book value. The previous wee a sale of 1.57 tonnes was reported. This is the biggest sale in quite some time, but of course still well below the 9.6 tonnes notionally needed each week if the WAG2 quota were to be sold evenly.

1.36 T cette semaine

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The ECB weekly statement of condition indicated an E26Mm sale of gold by one captive CB. This amounts to 1.36 tonnes at the current book value. Last week’s reported sale was 5.93 tonnes. Both of course are way below the 9.6 tonnes which would have to be sold on average if the WAG2 500 tonne quota – which ends at the end of September – were to be fulfilled.
ECB Banks, it appears, prefer not to be associated with pressuring the gold market at present. In that case, one has to ask, why are these consistent trivial sales showing up? From a price point of view, it can no longer be argued that gold is "atomic waste" in CB reserves, as could be said a decade ago. Maybe these are long-dated (and foolish) call commitments triggering off.

la BCE annonce avoir vendu 30 Tonnes d'or le 30 juin dernier .
c'est le montant le plus important depuis novembre dernier..
et c'est la derniére vente d'or pour cette année WAG soit jusqu'au 20-09-2008

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c'est marrant ça ... la veille de la rencontre Trichet / Paulson de ce jour ..., le tout précédant la décision sur les taux de la BCE, de jeudi

en tout cas et vu le rebond des cours de l'or de ce jour,ces 30 Tonnes d'or ont été larguées en pure perte ..et il faudra trouver une autre banque centrale européenne que la BCE, pour en vendre d'avantage, d'ici mi septembre

LOL...dans le cul la balayette...!!!

décidément, la confection des statistiques de transactions sur l'or, du site BCE laisse à désirer .. c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire !
à les en croire, et en sus de la vente des 30 Tonnes d'or excercée par la BCE elle même, une des banques centrales aurait vendu 17 .5Tonnes d'or, la semaine passée..

mais si on épluche le document, 3.21 Tonnes "seulement" auraient été vendues, le reste étant des ajustements comptables de fin de trimestre

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The weekly ECB statement of condition presents unusual analytical issues. One CB is reported to have disposed of E333 Mm of gold, 17.5 tonnes at the new book value. Last week’s sale was 1.21 tonnes. The ECB itself, of course, reported last week that it had completed a 30 tonne sale, which as usual did not show up in the weekly accounts.
An astute observer points out that in the details of the ECB report, E61 Mm of the drop is attributed to "transactions" and the balance, E272Mm, to "quarter end adjustments". This implies a sale of 3.21 tonnes, more than usual recently, but well below the 9.6 tonne average notionally required to use up the WAG2 quota evenly over the year.
Presumably, the ECB sale will still turn up. The ECB’s gold sales reporting has never conformed to the requirements apparently imposed on the subordinate CBs, for unexplained reasons. Now it seems to getting careless with its press releases.