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Central bankers rethink their devotion to slaying inflation
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2012-12-22 09:54 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jonathan Spicer
Reuters
Thursday, December 20, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-centralbanks-idUSBRE8BJ0T12...
NEW YORK -- A subtle shift in monetary policymaking is afoot with a new generation of central bankers, striving to secure global economic recovery, prepared to challenge the old doctrine of inflation-fighting at all costs.
Tiny gold bars latest rage for jittery investors
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-12-21 20:29 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Oliver Hirt
Reuters
Friday, December 21, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/21/swiss-gold-idUSL5E8NL4N820121221
ZURICH, Switzerland -- Private investors in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany are lining up to buy gold bars the size of a credit card that can easily be broken into 1-gram pieces and used as payment in an emergency.
Paper raid on metals causes 'unprecedented' silver premiums, Maguire tells King World News
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-12-21 20:00 Section: Daily Dispatches7:56p ET Friday, December 21, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Brazil doubles gold reserves as central banks buy bullion
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-12-21 08:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Glenys Sim
Bloomberg News
Friday, December 21, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-21/brazil-doubles-gold-reserves-wi...
SINGAPORE -- Brazil boosted gold reserves for a third month in November to double the country's holdings since August as central banks from Russia to Belarus and South Korea add the metal to diversify their assets.
Gold selling likely comes from BIS at behest of U.S., Maguire tells King World News
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-12-20 16:26 Section: Daily Dispatches4:28p ET Thursday, December 20, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Jim Sinclair: A move of desperation by the Fed
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-12-20 14:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jim Sinclair
JSMineSet.com
Thursday, December 20, 2012
http://www.jsmineset.com/2012/12/20/a-move-of-desperation-by-the-fed/
You cannot fix the problems of the Western economic system by breaking the telltale thermometer, which is the price of gold.
Disconnect between metal futures and physical is now extreme, Maguire reports
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-12-20 13:21 Section: Daily Dispatches1:15p ET Thursday, December 20, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Going for gold? Don't forget the vault
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-12-20 08:45 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Clementine Wallop
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, December 20, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732446160457819084137470416...
Investors in Asia are increasingly dealing with a seemingly anachronistic problem: finding a place to stash their bars of gold.
Leeb talks gold market manipulation and gold backing for China's yuan
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2012-12-19 16:18 Section: Daily Dispatches4:13p ET Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Fund manager Stephen Leeb today discussed gold market manipulation with King World News and disclosed that a Chinese diplomat recently told him that China is accumulating gold for the purpose of backing its currency.
Lars Schall: Bundesbank refuses candid and complete answers about gold
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2012-12-19 14:09 Section: Daily Dispatches2:08p ET Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The German financial writer Lars Schall today elaborates on how the Bundesbank keeps refusing to provide candid and complete answers to specific questions about its involvement in the gold market. Schall's commentary is headlined "The Whole Ball Game: They Can't Talk About It" and it's posted at his Internet site here:
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