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Treasury prepares for negative-rate bidding in bond auctions

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The more that real interest rates are negative, the more "financial repression" and gold price suppression are required to keep the currency alive and defend it against competitors that don't depreciate so quickly.

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U.S. Treasury Plans Floating-Rate Notes in Year or More

By Meera Louis and Cheyenne Hopkins
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Swiss National Bank overwhelmed in desperate campaign to devalue franc

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Switzerland Is 'New China' in Currencies

By Alice Ross
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d3176586-db29-11e1-be74-00144feab49a.html

There is a "new China" active in the currency markets, according to analysts, as Switzerland's battle to weaken the franc inflates its stockpile of foreign currency reserves.

Embry, Leeb share monetary metals optimism with King World News

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9:15p ET Monday, July 30, 2012

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9p Monday, July 30, 2012

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Hathaway sees $100 up days for gold; Macleod sees quick death for euro

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7:31a ET Monday, July 30, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tocqueville Gold Fundmanager John Hathaway tells King World News that new inflationary action by the Federal Reserve is likely to cause daily increases of $100 in gold soon:

http://tinyurl.com/clr6k2p

And economist Alasdair Macleod, writing at GoldMoney, predicts a surprisingly quick death for the euro:

At least three banks seen central to LIBOR rigging

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By Carrick Mollenkamp and Emily Flitter
Reuters
Saturday, July 28, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/us-banking-libor-traders-idUSB...

New details from court documents and sources close to the Libor scandal investigation suggest that groups of traders working at three major European banks were heavily involved in rigging global benchmark interest rates.

EU may criminalize commodities price distortion

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Then all they'd have to do is find someone willing to enforce the law.

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By Barbara Lewis
Reuters
Thursday, July 26, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/26/eu-benchmarks-idUSL6E8IQEL7201...

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