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Sinclair on currency intervention, and The Economist on the dollar''s future

Section: Daily Dispatches

Why America is switching to a weak dollar policy

By Martin Wolf
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, December 1, 2004

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/69dceca6-433f-11d9-bea1-00000e2511c8.html

How far might the dollar fall?

By as much as 50 percent from its peak, in trade-weighted
nominal terms, suggest two distinguished international

Join GATA at the 2005 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:07p ET Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Some things of special interest tonight at
Resource Investor:

* Covering the San Francisco Gold and Precious
Metals Conference, Tim Wood reports on Newmont
Mining President Pierre Lassonde's keynote
address, which predicted a four-digit gold
price. Lassonde said: "At the end of the day,
all currencies will have to depreciate against

Newmont Mining president acknowledges that gold market might be rigged

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:26a ET Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy will be among the
speakers at the 2005 Vancouver Resource
Investment Conference on Sunday and Monday,
January 23 and 24, at the beautiful
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
on the city's waterfront.

But don't despair if you're almost as tired
of Murphy as you are of the central banks'

Here come competitive devaluations, and then gold may rise in other currencies

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:20p ET Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Progress often comes very slowly, so it's a
thrill whenever you can notice it, as with
Newmont Mining President Pierre Lassonde's
speech Monday to the San Francisco Gold and
Precious Metals Conference.

The speech was transcribed by Resource
Investor's Tim Wood, who quoted Lassonde as
recognizing GATA indirectly:

"Gold today is as close to a currency as you will

Will China''s gold craze give victory to real metal or just paper?

Section: Daily Dispatches

Dollar Crumbles to Record Low Vs. Euro

By Eric Burroughs
Reuters
Wednesday, December 1, 2004

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?
type=businessNews&storyID=6972430

TOKYO -- The dollar sank to a record low against
the euro on Thursday and stood near a 12-year low
vs. the pound after a round of robust U.S. economic
data failed to dispel increasingly negative sentiment

More dollar devaluation of as much of 34 percent is only realistic solution

Section: Daily Dispatches

New Wave of Gold Rush Hits China

By Liu Jie
China Daily, Beijing
Thursday, December 2, 2004

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/02/content_396688.htm

The gold rush is reaching a feverish pitch in major
cities across China.

In a Beijing store, 300 kilograms of gold bars minted
by the China Gold Coin Inc. to commemorate the

GATA Chairman Murphy to be interviewed on Tom O''Brien program

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Larry Neumeister
Associated Press
Monday November 29, 2004

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041129/apartheid_lawsuits_2.html

NEW YORK -- Lawsuits seeking more than $400 billion
in damages from U.S. corporations for victims of
apartheid in South Africa were tossed out Monday
by a federal judge who said the claims bordered on

Economists say dollar still has a long way to fall

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:02a ET Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy will be interviewed at
about 5:20 p.m. ET today on Tom O'Brien's Internet
radio program on the Tiger Financial News Network.
If your computer has a media player, you should
be able to listen to it live or, later, archived
here:

http://www.tfnn.com/listen_live.php#tomobrien

Dollar reaches record low as European Central Bank may let euro strengthen

Section: Daily Dispatches

Economists Say Dollar Has Long Way to Fall;
15% Drop Urged Against Asian Currencies

By Corbett B. Daly
CBSMarketWatch
Tuesday, November 30, 2004

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BA9839C5D%2DEA54%
2D422E%2D8D8A%2D0DBC155292B0%7D&siteid=mktw

WASHINGTON --- Despite the steady decline in the

Fund manager sees gold above $500 in one year, then higher still

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Vivianne C. Rodrigues and Mark Tannenbaum
Bloomberg News Service
Tuesday, November 30, 2004

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000101&sid=aTS926UikSV0&refer=japan

NEW YORK -- The dollar reached a record low against
the euro for the 10th time this month on speculation
European finance officials will refrain from selling their

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