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U.S. govt.'s bullion bank agents selling gold to defend dollar, Maguire says

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:48p ET Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

U.S. government agents are selling paper gold in defense of the dollar while Asian buyers sit back and take the discount on the metal, silver market whistleblower tells King World News today. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

'Capital Account' program with GATA's Murphy and Powell posted at SilverSeek

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:05p ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Video of today's appearance by GATA Chairman Bill Murphy and your secretary/treasurer on Russia Today's "Capital Account" with Lauren Lyster has been posted at GoldSeek's companion Internet site, SilverSeek, here:

Geithner was told of Libor fears in 2008

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Shahien Nasiripour
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8e0d9282-4931-11e2-b25b-00144feab49a.html

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York was warned as early as mid-2008 that banks may have been misreporting their Libor borrowing rate to aid their own trading positions, much earlier than previously known.

James Turk: Auditors, not queen, should have visited Bank of England gold vault

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:45p ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In the second installment of his interview today with King World News, GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk says that Queen Elizabeth should not have been sent into the Bank of England's gold vault -- some auditors should have been. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

Kitco analyst begins to wonder about gold market manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:50p ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The afternoon metals market roundup by Jim Wyckoff at Kitco News takes note of growing suspicion of manipulation in the gold market. Wyckoff writes:

West can't stop flow of gold into Asia, Turk tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:16p ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

New Irish political party presses gold questions

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:31p ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Japanese pension funds seek safety in gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Kosaku Narioka
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732440750457818671041546465...

TOKYO -- A small number of pension funds in Japan have started to invest in gold for the first time, largely to mitigate the damage from possible market shocks.

Queen on gold bars at Bank of England: 'Regrettably not all of them belong to us'

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:27a ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Becoming today the first British monarch to attend a Cabinet meeting since George III in 1781, Queen Elizabeth remarked on her visit last week to the Bank of England's gold vault, which was greatly publicized in the United Kingdom. (See http://www.gata.org/node/12030.)

Lawrence Williams: What on Earth's going on in the gold market?

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:17a ET Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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