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Craig Hemke: A lesson in suppression

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:50p ET Thursday, April 12, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A hundred tonnes of paper gold were dumped on the futures market yesterday to control the monetary metal's price amid war tension, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke writes today.

Explosion more likely than bull market in metals, GATA chairman says

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:56a ET Thursday, April 12, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

So much for Iran's trying to get away from the dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

Iran Seeks to Pin Rial to the Dollar as It Hits Record Low

By Nasser Karimi
Associated Press
via ABC News, New York
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Iran moved on Tuesday to enforce a single exchange rate to the dollar, banning all unregulated trading after the rial hit an all-time low.

Bullion Star interviews GATA secretary in Singapore

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:05a ET Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bundesbank strives to show Germans that their gold is real

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Carolynn Look
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

If Germans have any doubts about the authenticity of their gold -- and some of them really do -- their central bank is doing all it can to qualm their concerns.

Correction to Allan Flynn's report on traders charged with 'spoofing'

Section: Daily Dispatches

7p ET Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Allan Flynn of the "Comex, We Have a Problem" blog has made a correction in his recent report about traders charged with "spoofing" the monetary metals futures market, a report that was called to your attention by GATA last Friday here:

http://www.gata.org/node/18156

Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Revisiting September 2011

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:37p ET Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report, writing for Sprott Money, today shows how the slam in the gold price in September 2011 was a central bank operation that engineered the years-long bear market that followed in the monetary metal.

Venezuela stopped bond payments in September

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jonathan Wheatley
Financial Times, London
Monday, April 9, 2018

Venezuela stopped paying bondholders in September, according to central bank data, contradicting statements by President Nicolás Maduro that the country would continue to honor its debts while negotiating a resettlement with its creditors.

Is Sharps Pixley's Ross Norman really a friend of gold, and his clients?

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:19p ET Monday, April 9, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ross Norman, proprietor of venerable London bullion dealer Sharps Pixley, writes today, "Gold is struggling to find friends."

Is Norman himself one? It apparently depends on the day.

Trump's 'America first' puts dollar last, Deutsche Bank analyst says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Lananh Nguyen
Bloomberg News
Monday, April 9, 2018

President Donald Trump's "America First" policy means the dollar will have to weaken, according to Deutsche Bank AG.

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