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Canada''s ROB-TV interviews Sprott Asset Management''s John Embry

Section: Daily Dispatches

Our Currency, Your Problem

By Niall Ferguson
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times
Sunday, March 13, 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/magazine/13WWLN.html?

Every congressman knows that the United States currently runs
large "twin deficits" on its budget and current accounts.

Deficit 1, as we well know, is just the difference between federal

New book puts human face on Sunshine Mine disaster

Section: Daily Dispatches

By The Associated Press
Saturday, March 12, 2005

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&ncid=749&e=1&u=/ap/20050312/ap_on_bi_ge/algeria_opec

ALGIERS, Algeria -- OPEC has reached its production limit, and
trying to stretch output by 1 million barrels per day isn't likely
to lower oil prices, Algeria's minister for energy and mines said.

Weaker dollar and inflation fears rattle Treasury market

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Nicholas K. Geranois
Associated Press Writer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Saturday, March 12, 2005

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?
category=6420&slug=WST%20Mining%20Disaster

SPOKANE, Wash. -- When fire broke out in Idaho's Sunshine Mine in
1972, there was little panic. Miners knew there wasn't much to burn

James Turk: Another ''waterfall'' decline in U.S. dollar may be imminent

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Beresford-Peirse
and Mark Tannenbaum
Bloomberg News Service
Saturday, March 11, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000006&sid=aFP1.B7ct874&refer=home

U.S. 10-year Treasury notes fell, the biggest fluctuation of any
government debt market in the world today, after the trade deficit
widened more than forecast on consumer demand for imported goods.

Tom Dyson: Is Japan getting ready to dump the dollar?

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:19p ET Sunday, March 13, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder James Turk, editor of the
Freemarket Gold & Money Report and consultant
to GATA, has gotten out his U.S. dollar charts
again and writes that the dollar seems to be
even weaker than he thought it would be. Turk
sees a chance that there soon will be another
"waterfall" decline in the dollar, which would

India''s Financial Express reports GATA''s research on CRB/gold disparity

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tom Dyson
DailyReckoning.com
Saturday-Sunday, March 12-13, 2005

http://www.dailyreckoning.com/Issues/2005/WEDR031205.html

At some point the other afternoon, Addison Wiggin
approached our desk with a twinkle in his eye.

"The Japanese are about to start dumping their dollars,"
he said.

We didn't even bother asking for details; the dollar/yen

All Asia contemplates who will be the first and last to get out of the dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

Commodity Watch:
Central bank intervention keeps gold prices lower: GATA

The Financial Express, New Delhi
Monday, March 14, 2005

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=85174

By Our Commodities Bureau

MUMBAI, March 13 -- The price history of the last boom in
commodities suggests that gold now should be priced

Mexico mulls silver lining against currency crash

Section: Daily Dispatches

You Can't Bet Bottom Dollar

By Tom Plate
The Korea Times, Seoul
Sunday, March 13, 2005

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200503/kt2005031318135054240.
htm

LOS ANGELES -- Fasten your seat belts and get ready for a major test
of the core stability of the global financial system.

How do we know that a jolt is coming? It's simple. Just consider:

Now India''s central bank admits considering diversifying out of the dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michael Kosares
Centennial Precious Metals, Denver
www.USAGold.com
Thursday, March 10, 2005

Previous Japanese dalliances with gold were always
a reaction to tough trade talks -- times when the
United States was pressuring Japan to lower trade
barriers and allow its currency to float (presumably
higher). This week's comment by Prime Minister
Koizumi did NOT come as a reaction to trade talks

Help get your mining companies to send a representative to Gold Rush 21

Section: Daily Dispatches

Asian Foreign Exchange Reserves: A $2.46 Trillion Question

From Reuters
Friday, March 11, 2005

http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?
duid=mtfh61574_2005-03-11_08-29-08_sp344615_newsml

SINGAPORE -- One of the hottest topics in world markets is whether
Asian central banks will diversify their huge currency reserves, a

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