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Another excuse for U.S. government to keep shorting gold futures

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Terror Group Supporters Reveal Photographs of Gold Coins on Social Media

From the Daily Mail, London
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

ISIS supporters have been showing off the depraved jihadi group's latest propaganda ploy on social media -- the Islamic State's own currency.

Zero Hedge: Gold and silver slammed in mini-flash crash

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From Zero Hedge, New York
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Fifteen minutes after GDP data was released -- showing Q1 was indeed as weak as expected and inventories suggesting Q2 will be just as weak -- someone decided it was an appropriate time to dump over half a billion dollars of notional gold on the futures market. ...

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New York Sun: The Bernanke ten-spot

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From the New York Sun
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Now he tells us. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, is claiming in a blog post that he's a huge fan of Alexander Hamilton.

Ronan Manly: London gold fix prior to this year wasn't really so primitive

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11:20p ET Monday, June 22, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ted Butler: The ultimate confirmation

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10:02p ET Monday, June 22, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Larry Parks: Free trade is impossible when one side controls trade currency

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1:40p ET Monday, June 22, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Free trade is impossible when one side in the transaction has exclusive power to issue the currency in which trade is conducted, Larry Parks, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education, writes this week.

India's central bank opposes letting commercial banks count gold as money

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RBI Opposes Finance Ministry Plan to Use Gold Deposits as Bank CRR

From The Times of India, Mumbai
Monday, June 22, 2015

NEW DELHI -- The Centre's attempt at monetising gold lying with Indian households may face a roadblock with the Reserve Bank of India writing to the finance ministry opposing a plan to use gold deposits for bank Cash Reserve Ratios.

China Construction Bank said preparing to join London gold price fix

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ICE Benchmark Administration Announces Two New Direct Participants to the Gold Auction

Company Press Release
via Business Wire
Monday, June 22, 2015

China's Zijin targets Australian gold miner in M&A spree

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By James Regan
Reuters
Monday, June 22, 2015

SYDNEY, Australia -- Zijin Mining Group launched a bid for Australian gold explorer Phoenix Gold on Monday, the Chinese company's third planned acquisition of a foreign mining asset in less than a month.

Koos Jansen: Chinese gold demand seems strong but harder to read

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4:55p ET Sunday, June 21, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold demand continues to appear strong in China but it is getting harder to evaluate because of the growing international component of the Shanghai Gold Exchange, gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen reports today. His analysis is posted at Bullion Star here:

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