Daily Dispatches

GATA chairman to meet CFTC member and Rep. Paul

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 22:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:49p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his "Midas" commentary today at LeMetropoleCafe.com, GATA Chairman Bill Murphy announced his plans to meet in Washington shortly with Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Bart Chilton and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul to discuss the manipulation of gold and silver prices. You can read Murphy's commentary at GoldSeek here:

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Gold suppression scheme was how Clinton deceived bond market

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 20:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:19p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Gene Arensberg: HUI surges while Canadian miners sleep

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 20:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

8p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gene Arensberg's new "Got Gold Report" at Resource Investor says the market conditions for gold remain as strong as ever and some bids are starting to be made for the junior mining shares. Arensberg's report is headlined "HUI Surges While Canadian Miners Sleep" and you can find it at Resource Investor here:

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Adrian Douglas: The gold rush is on

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 19:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Adrian Douglas
Sunday, December 14, 2008

The article that appeared in the Financial Times on Thursday and was dispatched by GATA was very significant:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/077b765c-c77c-11dd-b611-000077b07658.html?ncli...

What was especially significant was the article's necessity to supply disinformation:

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Antal Fekete: Backwardation that shook the world

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 19:20 Section: Daily Dispatches

7:18p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Economist and monetary historian Antal Fekete explains tonight that he's calculating the current gold price a little different from others as he figures that the gold market has entered backwardation. Fekete's new essay is headlined "Backwardation That Shook the World" and you can find it at 24hGold here:

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Swiss gold refineries pushed to the limit by demand

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 16:03 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Gerhard Lob
SwissInfo, Bern, Switzerland
Sunday, December 14, 2008

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Financial_crisis_boosts_Swiss_gold_pro...

Gold refineries in Switzerland are working at their limit to cope with demand for the precious metal from investors seeking ways to shield their wealth.

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Tom Szabo: No backwardation in gold yet, maybe in silver

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 12:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:35p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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China to increase money supply 17%, boost lending

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 11:42 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Lee Spears
Bloomberg News
Sunday, December 14, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ablWg2RUlVmk&

BEIJING -- China aims to increase its money supply 17 percent in 2009 and encourage lending to boost domestic consumption and buoy growth in the world's fourth-largest economy.