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36%. That is how much the gold price has moved up since we last mentioned Basel III, in this article from April of 2019. We projected then that gold would likely move up in price steadily over time as we got closer to full implementation of these international banking accords. In actuality, the gold price has moved up an average of 1.35% per month since then, yielding more in a month than a five-year CD account pays in interest for a full year. While full implementation of the Basel III rules has been pushed back until January 1, 2022, the...

Basel III Gutted, Delayed As Even Existing Regulatory Regime Too Burdensome For An Insolvent Banking Industry Tyler Durden on 07/27/2010 03:56 -0500 In light of recent bombastic statements by priests of Keynesian fundamentalism that European banking is one big, non-dysfunctional, even healthy family, it would have been the logical thing that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision would if not tighten terms on proposed Basel III implementation, then at least keep them as is. Why is why news that the recently proposed adjustments to Basel III which not only delayed implementation of the "regulatory" framework by many years, allowing banks...