Wochenend-Story: Ecuador zockt mit Gold-Reserven für Liquidität

Natürlich ist niemand geringeres als die Finanzkrake und mit JP Morgan die mächtigste Investment-Bank der Welt, Goldman Sachs, der Handels-Partner dieses kuriosen und brisanten Deals. 

Wie so oft geht es den Staaten wie Ecuador um die entscheidende Liquidität, das mit großem Abstand wichtigste Schmiermittel heutzutage in der globalen Finanzbranche.

Dafür verpfändet jetzt die Regierung von Ecuador in einem spektakulären Deal rund die Hälfte der nationalen Gold-Reserven, um die Liquiditäts-Reserven wieder auf einen soliden Stand zu bringen. Ein heikles Geschäft..

Ecuador Transfers Half Its Gold Reserves To Goldman Sachs In Exchange For "Liquidity" 

 

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/02/2014 19:04 -0400Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,This is a great example of how the game works. In a world in which every government on earth needs “liquidity” to survive, and the primary goal of every government is and always has been survival (the retention of arbitrary power at all costs), the provider of liquidity is king. So what is liquidity and who provides it? 

In the current financial system (post Bretton Woods), the primary engine of global liquidity is the U.S. dollar and dollar based assets generally as a result of  its reserve currency status. Ever since Nixon defaulted on the U.S. dollar’s gold backing in 1971, the creation of this “liquidity” has zero restrictions whatsoever and is merely based on the whims and desires of the central planners in chief, i.e., the Federal Reserve. As the primary creator of the liquidity that every government on earth needs to survive, the Federal Reserve is thus the most powerful player globally in not only economic, but also geopolitical affairs. 

The example of the so-called sovereign nation of Ecuador relinquishing its gold reserves to Goldman Sachs for “liquidity” which can be conjured up by the Fed on a whim and at zero cost tells you all you need to know about how the world works (read my post: Why Fiat Money is Immoral). 

Now from Bloomberg.. 

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-02/ecuador-transfers-half-its-gold-reserves-goldman-sachs-exchange-liquidity

Quelle: business.financialpost.com