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Stockman appalled by Yellen's testimony

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:04p ET Friday, November 15, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Former U.S. Budget Director David Stockman today tells King World News that Federal Reserve chair nominee Janet Yellen's testimony to the Senate yesterday suggested that the Fed soon will be taking the world economy over a cliff. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

Sprott comments on WGC gold demand data, Yellen's remarks on gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:05p ET Friday, November 15, 2013

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New York Sun: Reject Yellen for opposing audit of Fed

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:41p CT Thursday, November 14, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Janet Yellen's nomination for chairman of the Federal Reserve Board should be defeated, the New York Sun editorializes, because of the opposition she expressed today in congressional testimony to a full public audit of the Federal Reserve.

Jim Sinclair's next seminar to be held Dec. 7 in Cambridge, Mass.

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:31p CT Thursday, November 14, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold advocate and mining entrepreneur Jim Sinclair will hold his next seminar from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, in the Boston suburb of Cambridge, Mass., at the Boston Marriott Cambridge at 50 Broadway in Cambridge. The admission fee will be $50. Details are posted at Sinclair's Internet site, JSMineSet, here:

European Central Bank contemplates negative rates, purchase of bank assets

Section: Daily Dispatches

ECB's Praet: All Options on Table

By Brian Blackstone
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The European Central Bank could adopt negative interest rates or purchase assets from banks if needed to lift inflation closer to its target, a top ECB official said, rebutting concerns that the central bank is running out of tools or is unwilling to use them.

Bernanke congratulates himself for transparency while Fed hides gold records

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As retiring Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke congratulates himself on his administration's supposed transparency, why is the Fed refusing to disclose its records about gold? And why are financial journalists just regurgitating the Fed's public-relations slop instead of demanding to see those records?:

http://www.gata.org/node/9917

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JPMorgan reaps mostly mockery when it solicits questions on Twitter

Section: Daily Dispatches

JPMorgan Twitter Hashtag Trends Against Bank

By Dawn Kopecki
Bloomberg News
Thursday, November 14, 2013

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-14/jpmorgan-twitter-hashtag-trends...

World Gold Council just shrugs at India's financial repression

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WGC Sees China Well Ahead of India as World's No.1 Gold Consumer

By A. Ananthalakshmi
Reuters
Thursday, November 14, 2013

SINGAPORE -- China is this year set to usurp India as the world's biggest gold consumer by a convincing margin as strict import rules introduced by New Delhi bite, forecasts from the World Gold Council showed on Thursday.

Hugo Salinas Price: The siren song of the welfare state

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:10p CT Wednesday, November 13, 2013

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