The foreign data is from the US TIC report.
The charts are from goldchartsrus.com.
I have added a last chart of Fed Holdings, from the St. Louis Fed data, at the suggestion of my friend Arby.
“Thus, it should be understood that when pro-US figures use the term, 'rules-based international order,' they are not referring to anything analogous to the rule of law. Quite the opposite, they are using Orwellian language to describe a system in which essentially no rules can be established and/or observed, given that the dominant state has the prerogative to violate and/or rewrite “rules” at its whim.” Aaron Good, American Exception
LE CAFÉ AMÉRICAIN
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Soupes, Potages et Bouillons
Potage traditionnel, consommé sophistiqué
Canapés et Apéritifs de la Maison
mardi et jeudi à la table du propriétaire
Salade Niçoise
English Breakfast
Gigot d'Agneau
Légumes rôtis
OEUFS BÉNÉDICTE
pas de McMuffin
Schweinshaxe
Girolles
Homard
CÔTE DE BOEUF
aux champignons et pommes frites
GÂTEAU AU CHOCOLAT FONDANT
Clafoutis
aux cerises
GÂTEAU AU FROMAGE
aux-bleuets
