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Decade of gold sales cost European central banks $40 billion

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Javier Blas
Financial Times, London
Thursday, May 7, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c16f228-3aa0-11de-8a2d-00144feabdc0.html?ncli...

Europe's central banks are $40 billion (L26.4 billion) poorer than they might have been after they followed a British move taken 10 years ago today to shrink the Bank of England's gold reserves, analysis by the Financial Times has shown.

UK mint gold coin production up 75 percent

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Thomas Biesheuvel and Nicholas Larkin
Bloomberg News
Thursday, May 7, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aohCdbLOY3BU&refer=uk

LONDON -- The Royal Mint, established in the 13th century, used 75 percent more gold in the first quarter amid a surge in demand for bullion to diversify investments.

GATA goes to work on Britain

Section: Daily Dispatches

2a BST Thursday, May 7, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Wednesday was a great first day of work for GATA's delegation to London -- GATA Chairman Bill Murphy; Sprott Asset Management's chief investment strategist, John Embry; John's wife, Nancy; and your secretary/treasurer.

China warns of worldwide devaluations and inflation

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sandy Hendry
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=appzGzSLS6bw

HONG KONG --Global central banks risk inflation, currency devaluation, and a "big consolidation' in bond markets by pumping cash into their economies, the People's Bank of China said in its quarterly monetary policy report.

Gene Arensberg: Silver bullish, natural gas reversal likely

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:17a BST Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Venezuela wants to buy more gold produced locally

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Daniel Cancel and Matthew Walter
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 4, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a._KjQ1aRzBo&refer=l...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela more than doubled the amount of gold that local producers must offer to the central bank in a bid to increase its reserves of the metal and reduce reliance on supporting them with U.S. dollars.

London headlines we'd like to see

Section: Daily Dispatches

10a BST Tuesday, May 6, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As GATA's delegation arrived in London this morning, we imagined these news organization headlines.

Reuters: Gold Soars on GATA's London Visit.

The Telegraph: ECB Calls Emergency Meeting To Insist Nothing's Wrong.

Financial Times: Nothing IS Wrong.

More notice for gold suppression scheme and GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:16a ET Monday, May 4, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China has 'canceled U.S. credit card,' congressman says

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Agence France-Presse
via Google News
Thursday, April 30, 2009

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i4estRSYeFBIII9kezxnP...

WASHINGTON -- China, wary of the troubled US economy, has already "canceled America's credit card" by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman said Thursday.

James Turk: A short history of the gold cartel

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James Turk, Editor
Freemarket Gold & Money Report
http://www.fgmr.com/
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Copyright 2009 by James Turk. All rights reserved.

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