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New York Times starts pounding away at gold standard's revival
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-12-01 20:40 Section: Daily DispatchesThe dangerous old idea of limited and accountable government must be gaining ground.
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The Good Old Days of the Gold Standard? Not Really, Historians Say
By Binyamin Appelbaum
The New York Times
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
WASHINGTON -- Republicans unhappy with the Federal Reserve are circulating an idea that long ago lost currency with most economists: a gold standard.
Lew says U.S. to ensure dollar remains top reserve currency
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-12-01 20:33 Section: Daily DispatchesThat means gold price suppression and all sorts of market rigging forever.
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By Michelle Jamrisko
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Hugo Salinas Price: The crumbling world order and who will pick up the crumbs?
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-12-01 20:28 Section: Daily Dispatches8:28p ET Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Dave Kranzler: Comex is zombie market as hedge funds go record short paper gold
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-12-01 12:54 Section: Daily Dispatches12:53p ET Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
U.S. Mint American eagle gold coin sales surge, silver at record
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-11-30 21:24 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Monday, November 30, 2015
The U.S. Mint's sales of American Eagle coins surged in November, with gold nearly tripling month over month and silver already reaching a new annual record as bullion prices fell to multi-year lows, data released today showed.
How are silver and gold bullion premiums calculated?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-11-30 20:58 Section: Daily Dispatches8:58p ET Monday, November 30, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Our friends at J.M. Bullion in Dallas have constructed an interesting and elaborate graphic describing how premiums on gold and silver coins and bars are calculated. The graphic is titled "How Are Silver and Gold Bullion Premiums Calculated?" and it's posted at the company's Internet site here:
TF Metals Report: Comex conundrum
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-11-30 20:45 Section: Daily Dispatches8:44p ET Monday, November 11, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Getting harder for Fed to raise rates but it wouldn't matter anyway, Turk says
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-11-30 19:42 Section: Daily Dispatches7:42p ET Monday, November 30, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Montana gold mine lays off 135 employees, but who cares?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-11-30 16:05 Section: Daily DispatchesNot even the gold mining industry itself cares. Besides, there's always plenty of work for central bankers.
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Montana Gold Mine Lays Off 135 Employees
By Susan Dunlap
Billings (Montana) Gazette
Monday, November 30, 2015
WHITEHALL, Montana -- The layoffs of 135 workers today from Golden Sunlight Mine ends open-pit gold mining in Whitehall.
Koos Jansen: What happened to the Shanghai International Gold Exchange?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-11-30 11:55 Section: Daily Dispatches11:53a ET Monday, November 30, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: