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GATA was talking to that congressional chairman about gold six years ago

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bill Koenig
Bloomberg News Service
Tuesday, April 5, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000006&sid=aC47QSISEyUs&refer=home#

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- General Motors Corp.'s debt ratings were cut
one notch to Baa3, the lowest investment grade, by Moody's Investors
Service. The ratings company also said it was reviewing Ford Motor

Bundesbank opposes using IMF gold to fund debt relief for poor countries

Section: Daily Dispatches

Dollar Theme to Shift from Data to Policy

By Laurence Norman And Steven Vames
Dow Jones Newswires
Monday, April 4, 2005

http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050403/15/3rnyu.html

NEW YORK -- Last week it was all about the numbers. This week the
dollar's fate may be wrapped in the nuances of central bank policy.

With few significant economic data releases due, currency markets

Someone else notices, without understanding, gold''s badly trailing oil

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Monday, April 4, 2005

http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?
type=businessNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=8074827

FRANKFURT -- The International Monetary Fund should not sell or
revalue its gold reserves to fund debt relief for poor countries,
Germany's Bundesbank said on Monday.

A Bundesbank spokesman confirmed that a document quoted in the

British Treasury urges IMF to sell gold for debt relief, asset diversification

Section: Daily Dispatches

Is Gold the Next Asset Class to Boom?

By James McInerney, News Editor
AME Info, Dubai
Monday, April 4, 2005

http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/57055.html

In the 1970s oil prices soared but were still below the heights
reached today. But gold prices peaked in 1979 at more than twice
their current levels. So is buying gold the next big investment

Robert Bell: The Invisible Hand (of the U.S. Government) in Financial Markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Monday, April 4, 2005

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8080238

LONDON -- The International Monetary Fund should sell gold to finance
deeper debt relief and diversify its portfolio, the UK Treasury said
on Monday.

"The IMF themselves have concluded that an overall sale of 13 to 16
million ounces could be accommodated without significant difficulty,

Sprott''s John Embry wins ''The Great Gold Debate'' on ROB-TV

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:45p ET Monday, April 4, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The likelihood that the U.S. government is rigging
most major financial markets is explored in detail
in a new essay by Robert Bell, chairman of the
economics department of Brooklyn College of the
City University of New York. Bell cites the
groundbreaking work of GATA board member Michael
Bolser in regard to the Federal Reserve's use of

More agitation to induce Indians to surrender their gold -- and their security

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:02p ET Saturday, April 2, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Julian D.W. Phillips, editor of Gold -- Authentic Money,
reports that France seems to have been late in reporting
its gold sales for December and January and that the
European Central Banks are obviously now trying to
manage the gold price but NOT to push it down. You
can find his commentary at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/AuthenticMoney/1112414400.php

GATA Chairman Murphy will speak at Calgary Resource Investment Conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

Ways to Liquefy Gold --
The 'Financialisation' of Gold
and Real Estate is Important

By Gautam Chikermane
Indian Express, New Delhi
Monday, April 4, 2005

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=67686

Among real assets of any statistical significance, gold and real
estate have a lot of similarities. Both are difficult to track

Michael Kosares: ECB''s gold sales undermine euro''s credibility

Section: Daily Dispatches

8p ET Sunday, April 3, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy will be among the speakers
at the 2005 Calgary Resource Investment Conference,
to be held Sunday and Monday, April 10 and 11, at the
Telus Convention Center in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Also speaking will be Bob Bishop of Gold Mining
Stock Report, Paul van Eeden of the Van Eeden
Letter, Peter Grandich of Grandich Publications,

Central bank policy issues like to sway the markets this week

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michael Kosares
Centennial Precious Metals, Denver
USAGold.com
Sunday, April 3, 2005

http://www.usagold.com/amk/usagoldmarketupdate.html

No sooner had this Market Update featured a report on official-
sector gold sales last week than the European Central Bank (ECB)
announced a surprise: It had sold 47 tonnes of gold. The sales

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