to be in good shape what's the update on that well there are no you lynn is the head of the central bank russia's my favorite central banker in the world. things really smart doing things right but was interesting is that beginning in the middle two thousand and fourteen through the beginning of two thousand and seventeen of course the price of war collapsed went from about one hundred dollars a barrel low of about twenty five now it's you know up around a little bit closer to sixty but still a collapse from where it was russia's reserves in round numbers went from about five hundred billion dollars to three hundred billion dollars so that's a forty percent decline in the reserves during that entire time she kept buying gold she never sold an ounce ago she sold euro she sold dollars she sold treasuries do whatever she had to do but they kept buying also very impressed with smart oh i met your guy hughes is russia is closing in on two thousand tons us as a thousand tons approximately the us is four times bigger but the but us economy is twelve times bigger so if you look at the gold to g.d.p. rati

aleksandr, whoin was a senator and now deputy governor of russia's central bank. aleksandr, whoin was a senator and now deputy governor of russia's central bank. , whoin was a senator and now deputy governor of russia's central bank. he has substantial suspected ties to money laundering and considered to be a high-level russian organized crime figure. spain was ready to arrest him when he set foot in their country. he's a close ally of vladimir putin and a lifetime member of the nra and during the 2016 presidential campaign, he tried on multiple occasions to arrange back channel meetings between russia and donald trump. in may of 2016, a veteran operative who was a fundraiser for the nra and ties to torshin reached out to deputy chief of staff offering to arrange a back channel between donald trump and vladimir putin with the subject line, kremlin. that did not work but then that same month torshin himself sought a meeting with donald trump at an nra convention that he would speak on behalf of vladimir putin. that one did not pan out, either but he did get to spend

to be in good shape what's the update on that well there are no you lynn is the head of the central bank russia's my favorite central banker in the world. things really smart doing things right but was interesting is that beginning in the middle two thousand and fourteen through the beginning of two thousand and seventeen of course the price of war collapsed went from about one hundred dollars a barrel low of about twenty five now it's you know up around a little bit closer to sixty but still a collapse somewhere it was russia's reserves in round numbers went from about five hundred billion dollars to three hundred billion dollars so it's a forty percent decline in the reserves during that entire time she kept buying gold she never sold an ounce ago she sold euro she sold dollars she sold treasuries do whatever she had to do but they kept buying also very impressed with smart oh i met your guy hughes is russia is closing in on two thousand tons us as a thousand tons approximately the us is four times bigger but the but the us economy is twelve times bigger so if you look at the gold to g.d.p. rat

good good good shape what's the update on that well there are no be illin as the head of the central bank russia's my favorite central banker in the world. things really smart doing things right what was interesting is that we're beginning in the middle two thousand and fourteen through the beginning of two thousand and seventeen for the price of a collapse went from about one hundred dollars a barrel low of about twenty five now it's you know up around a little bit closer to sixty but still a collapse from where it was russia's reserves in round numbers went from about five hundred billion dollars to three hundred billion dollars so that's a forty percent decline in the reserves during that entire time she kept buying gold she never sold an ounce ago she sold euro she sold dollars she sold treasuries do whatever she had to do but they kept buying also very impressed with smart i met your guy hughes is russia is closing in on two thousand tons us as a thousand tons approximately the us is four times bigger but the but us economy is twelve times bigger so if you look at the gold to g.d.p. ratio whi

going to jump to the nation states in other words it will become a strategic reserve for central banks and russia or china could be getting or japan mining bitcoin as a strategic reserve as they would buy gold in the face of a collapsing fee at currency that we're seeing all over the world we both agree that feels vulnerable we both know that central banks are buying gold we both know that because it is incredibly robust to becoming a multi-million dollar asset one central bank start to play the game through with each other in bitcoin a big mining then that's another reason why you're not going to have any one state come in and decide outlaw it and do this and do that because of the entire business which is going to float to the territory that welcomes this new business so it's competition of the fittest survival of the fittest and no one country has a monopoly on this thing it's global and it's playing out globally you might be right but i think the i.m.f. . together with the global central banks to shut it down to memphis bankrupt we know that they were completely bankrupt before they tried to

going to jump to the nation states in other words it will become a strategic reserve for central banks and russia or china could be getting or japan mining bitcoin as a strategic reserve as they would buy gold in the face of a collapsing feel that currency that we're seeing all over the world we both agree that feels vulnerable we both know the central banks are buying gold we both know that because it is incredibly robust to becoming a multi choice dollar asset one central bank start to play the game through with each other in bitcoin and because mining then that's another reason why you're not going to have any one state come in and decide outlaw it and do this and do that because of the entire business which is going to flow to the territory that welcomes this new business so it's competition of the fittest survival of the fittest and no one country has a monopoly on this thing it's global and it's playing out globally you might be right but i think the i.m.f. together with the global central banks will shut it down to memphis bankrupt we know that they were completely bankrupt before they tri

alexander, the deputy governor of russia's central bank. it comes on the heels of congressional testimony from glenn soimpson, the co-founder f gps the author of the dossier. it appears the russians, you know, infiltrated the nra the broadly speaking it appears the russian operation was dee signed to infiltrate conservative organizations. he added, targeted various organizations religious and otherwise and they seem to have made a very concerted effort to get in with the nra. this could be one of the first reports we have that centers around money laundering during the 2016 election. >> it began with over 230 very hopeful cities now it's down to just 20. amazon released its new short list of contenders for its second headquarters. the 20 finalists are mostly in the east and the south, from big cities like boston, dallas and atlanta, to the midsize like columbus, raleigh, and nashville. toronto was the only finalist outside of the u.s.. and competition is expected to be fierce with bidders offering tax incentives and other perks. amazon says

he's one of the heads of russia's central banks. torshin was accused by spanish authorities in 2016 of laundering money for the russian mob. don junior has downplayed their encounter, insisting they nearly chatted for a couple of minutes after being introduced by an acquaintance. but it turns out there may have been something much, much more nefarious going on. according to mcclatchy, the fbi is investigating whether torshin funneled money to the nra to help donald trump sr. win the presidency. it's a whole new angle we weren't previously aware of in the russia investigation and almost sounds too outlandish to be true. the gun lobby, arguably the most powerful force in conservative and republican politics, potentially taking illegal dark money donations from the russian government. but here's the thing. the nra's ties to russia go way back. we'll tell you the story behind this photo, yes, that is former milwaukee sheriff david clark on the right, right after this. >>> it sounds like something out of a liberal conspiracy theory. vlad

central bank. the senate banking committee has approved powell's nomination. is nomination now goes to the full senate. subpoenason faces two in the rush investigation. russiatigation. -- investigation. the house intelligence committee has issued its own subpoena. bannon appeared before the panel yesterday. he was barred from answering many of the committee's questions. the traders have faced biggest loser when venezuela was hit by turmoil. so far in 2018, they have returned 12%, four times what investors have gotten from -- has advised the queen to provide president trump with a state visit. he's been unhappy at reports he will not be invited to prince harry's wedding. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs. germany's deeply divided social democrats face a crucial vote this weekend. they will decide on sunday whether to end a formal coalition talk. a formal coalition government poses less than the threat of -- we are joined by dennis snower, president of the kiel institute of world economy. he joins us from berlin. is at the lesser than two evils, voting to end coalition t

central bank can operate worldwide. european powers, who signed the deal along with china and russia, say it is vital for international securityew sanctions on iran. we continue to look at them. we have rolled them out, and i think you can expect there would be more sanctions coming. i spokejust now to behnam ben talablu, senior iran analyst at the conservative thinktank the foundation for defence of democracies. it is highly likely that the president will seek to waive nuclear sanctions, to keep the us a party to thejoint comprehensive plan of action nuclear deal, while setting a predicate to target tehran‘s non—nuclear threats, be they ballistic missiles, human rights, terrorism and whatnot. i think ultimately the administration is still working out where it wants to go with the future of the deal, but in the interim, i think they will keep it, waive nuclear sanctions, and impose new non—nuclear ones. is there anything that other signatories to the deal, and there are many of them, and they are powerful, anything they can do? absolutely, i think within the european coalition it would help to bridge the trans—atlantic divide

central bank can operate worldwide. european powers, who signed the deal along with china and russia, say it is vital for international securityam expecting new sanctions on iran. we continue to look at them. we have rolled them out, and i think you can expect there would be more sanctions coming. well, in a deliberate display of unity, britain, france, germany and the european union have all urged president trump not to impose sanctions, saying the deal is working and iran is in compliance. joining me now from our washington studio is behnam ben taleblu, senior iran analyst at conservative think tank the foundation for defence of democracies. i know you have made a study of this. what do you think the president is most likely to do, and how significant would be?m president is most likely to do, and how significant would be? it is highly likely that the president will seek to waive nuclear sanctions, to keep the us are party to thejoint sanctions, to keep the us are party to the joint conference of plan of action nuclear deal, while setting a predicate to target tehran‘s non—nuclear threats, be they ballistic missiles, human r

russia. drive. left left left more or less ok stuff that's really good. for the central bank especially there's the lender of last resort or to provide liquidity in case there's a credit freeze the fact that you have such a banks becoming the buyer of first order and that they're printing money to buy stocks is a complete inversion of what their role is supposed to be in the economy and they become a giant hedge fund. yes . but. and this is on bill to agree on colleague. today he's a legal consultant but he used to be a financial criminal the laundered for colombian drug barons and what i did was i thought on this is all going to do we're going to ship it to panama. and from panama we're going to go ahead and ship it around the world and then bring it back to the ice base as legal money investments. i had to go to panama. one hundred times every week and i was about the most real and agree on a very familiar with most excellent seka because they were basically. partners with you don't be the partners with these guys who wanted a longer millions and millions a million i would

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central bank decision out of canada later today. the canadian market down 1.5% yesterday. russia has opened up this morning by about 0.8%. i will give you a heads up on what is happening there. india is looking a little more positive. asia is down, but not that down. there it is. there is the dollar and we will talk to mark cudmore that what is going on with the greenback. let's roll this off and show you the commodities space. there's the sugar high coming to an end, down by .4%. coppermetals space, 1.47%. down by on it will be interesting to see ii.these prices will be situation was tenuous. he was speaking at vancouver where top diplomats from 20 nations gathered to explore new ways to enforce sanctions and choke up south korea's economy. koreans know our channels are open and they know where to find us. it is a necessary indicator of whether the regime is truly a diplomaticsue solution to the security threat it has created. francine: gop leaders in the house are testing whether the republicans would provide money publishersren's program. paul ryan tried to push the plan throu

the brics countries specially brazil russia and china that this special project reveals what was missed in the media coverage. the panama chronicles. the central bank especially those the lender of last resort or to provide liquidity in case there's a credit freeze to fact that you have such a banks becoming the buyer of first order and that they're printing money to buy stocks is a complete inversion of what their role is supposed to be in the economy and they become a giant hedge fund. say this is boom bust broadcast signal to work around the world from washington d c i'm partial to. coming up hotels motels holiday you will talk about the whole self check you're going into the new year and trinity charges. joins us from the beating heart of the world's financial sector wall street where the bulls are still feeding as record market numbers continue to climb and canada takes the united states to court at the world trade organization is it about more than lumber and is canada really speaking for others nations which think the united states has gone too far in its protectionist policies alex mahela bit helps to unwind that mystery plus we caught up w

myself an invite the bank will show today has come to the russian embassy in central london why i decided to come in a beautiful new suit it's simple the world cup next year in russia is going to bring together thirty tonight in the ambassador has brought together the consul's for most of the thirty one along with the greats and the good every english football so i'm a little bit of a shindig and some of the look be on the sings. we're excited are you to have the world cup in your home nation it's been told by a lot of times when i was a kid i remember being told the players what levy i shared in the great soviet seems of your early sixty's it's the realisation of a dream for many people in russia true to dreams the first one for our people is that we built from this create eleven stadiums so and they are the world standard people's standard it means that that after the games everything will be for the people for the young generation so i'm happy about that second of course you know we'll get new friends and since the football is the most popular game in the world i'm quite sure that there will be some kind of a follow up and that's why i'm so happy how excited are

russia and china their special project reveals what was missed in the media coverage. the panama chronicles. welcome back switzerland made a lot of money in twenty seventeen with its central bank earning more than fifty five billion dollars in profits get this that amount fifty five billion bucks is more than apple earned all last year and more than j.p. morgan chase and berkshire hathaway combined keep in mind that these are world spanning companies against a central bank with about eight hundred people working there while the swiss national bank is also one of the few central banks with listed shares which doubled in price in twenty seventeen alone interestingly enough the swiss banks filing showed that it owned over nineteen million shares wait for it. apple. toyota and mazda in a joint manufacturing effort will be opening a new car plant in alabama bringing in more than four thousand jobs the new plant comes at the cost of one point six billion dollars and is expected to produce more than three hundred thousand vehicles a year toyota currently employs over one hundred thirty six thousand people in the united states and last employs around twenty five thousand throughout th

russia can continue. we are the number one reformer with regards to fighting of corruption. we are in the eastern european central asia by the world bank. we are, you know, trying to become as transparent as possible as a government. we're a leader of open government, partnership in the world. this year is also the ten years of the promise that georgia will become a nato member. through that optics, how do you see the possibility of nevertheless, despite these reforms now, we face 8,000 russian troops standing on the georgia assault. so do you see the response towards that as strengthening georgia, and bilateral and also multilateral with regards to other countries. thank you. >> if i was able to make the decision, we would have a whole lot more friends in nato. and unfortunately, i think sometimes they have -- how do i be diplomatic? outdated, understanding models on how they can be helpful. but guess what? the u.s. should still make sure we're supporting our friends. and we're supporting the folks that are on the front line. and georgia is on the front line. moldova is on the front line. there are so many other places that are on the