During the cold war, then "West" Germany sent it's entire government's gold supply to be held by our Federal Reserve for safe keeping just in case Russian tanks from East Germany might happen to get on the Autobahn. It was sent to NYC. Recently, (after she found out Obama was listening to her cell phone), Merkel asked to just "see" her German gold. Our Federal Reserve refused her request. Then, she asked for it to be returned to her. Our Federal Reserve refused, but said it could be accomplished over the next 10 years. However, her gold would not come back in the bullion that was sent to us for safekeeping. It would have to be melted down and re-cast. Plus, it wouldn't be the same 99.99% purity that they sent to NYC. It would be between 90%-95% purity. 2013 was the first year for shipment. The gold that was sent was in fact re-cast and of lower purity. However, only half the gold that was agreed to be returned the first year, was actually sent.
None of this was thought to deserve coverage by the main stream media.
Now, HSBC, which stands for Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Corporation, the 2nd largest bank in the world, (for those with liberal arts degrees), has started refusing to give their depositors their money. They are restricting cash withdrawals and asking "Why do you want you money". As I have said, paper money really is worthless unless you believe that the Federal Reserve, (which has never been audited), NEVER does anything the least bit sneaky, (like using Merkel's gold as their own).
Over the past 5 years, all the central banks in the world have been printing money as fast as they can. This assures that the currency exchanges don't get out of whack. Although this is inflationary, the government has removed food and gasoline, (and a few other things that nobody uses), from the inflation index, and the Main Stream Media has downplayed the phoney inflation numbers reported by the government.
Now the 2nd largest bank in the world, (JP Morgan Chase is only #8), is restricting cash withdrawals. Is my prophesy coming true? Is the currency bubble about to pop? I know that the below article is from the BBC, so those with liberal arts degrees should just ignore it.
bbc.co.uk/news/business-25861717