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'Anti-arb compliance' sinks London silver 'fix' 6%, spot rallies straight back
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-01-28 10:51 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom BullionVault.com, London
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Silver prices sank almost 80 cents at Thursday lunchtime's London benchmarking, hitting the lowest level in seven years, while gold prices and Comex silver futures contracts held almost unchanged near multi-month highs, thanks to what some traders called the unintended consequences of regulatory compliance by banks and brokerages.
China's central bank may buy 215 tons of gold this year, Barclays forecasts
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-01-28 08:46 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ranjeetha Pakiam
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
China will press on with gold purchases this year and the central bank will probably scoop up more than 200 metric tons as the country seeks to diversify its reserves, according to an estimate from Barclays Plc.
The gold market just lost its best measure of Chinese demand
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-01-28 08:40 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Myra P. Saefong
MarketWatch.com, New York
Thursday, January 28, 2016
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-gold-market-just-lost-its-best-meas...
Five of six brokers in LIBOR trial acquitted by London jury
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-01-27 13:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Liam Vaughn and Suzi Ring
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Five ex-brokers accused of helping convicted trader Tom Hayes rig LIBOR, the benchmark interest rate used in trillions of dollars of derivatives and loans, were acquitted Wednesday by a London jury, which is still deliberating charges against a sixth.
OMG: Scotiabank sought China gold demand presentation by Koos Jansen
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-01-27 13:16 Section: Daily Dispatches1:18p Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Ronan Manly: Bundesbank keeps withholding critical gold information
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-01-27 10:40 Section: Daily Dispatches10:40a ET Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold researcher Ronan Manly reviews the German Bundesbank's announcement of its gold repatriation in 2015 and identifies many omissions.
Peter Boehringer: Bundesbank increases pace of German gold repatriation
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-01-27 10:11 Section: Daily Dispatches10:11a ET Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Peter Boehringer, founder of the German Precious Metals Society and leader of the campaign to repatriate Germany's gold reserves, sends the following today.
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org
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By Peter Boehringer
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
TF Metals Report: New record low Comex gold inventory
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2016-01-26 19:28 Section: Daily Dispatches7:26p ET Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Koos Jansen: China stops publishing Shanghai exchange's gold withdrawals
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2016-01-26 15:40 Section: Daily Dispatches3:38p ET Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen today confirmed with the Shanghai Gold Exchange that it has discontinued publishing the weekly total of gold withdrawals from the exchange.
China's gold imports from Hong Kong jump to highest since 2013
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2016-01-26 10:44 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Bloomberg News
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
China's imports of gold from Hong Kong surged 67 percent to the highest level in more than two years in December as stock market turmoil and anticipation of a further weakening in the nation's currency spurred demand for a haven.