Lloyd Blankfein is in Canberra at the moment. I'd so love to see him claim refuge from prosecution in some embassy.
Weird statement. Were banks ever forbidden to buy / sell delivered (I assume that is why the word 'physical' was added?) gold? Imagine the Fed forbids them. Then what? Starting from todays situation, what changes?
I believe it relates more to their ownership of commodity warehouses. JP and Goldman have bought huge aluminum warehouses but are now been accused of deliberately manipulating the supply and profiting for doing so.
Don't get your hopes up, this stuff is not covering precious metals, which bullion banks have operated vaults/warehouse for many years.