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Venezuela has its gold, if not toilet paper, but what about Germany?

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:34p ET Sunday, February 9, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Responding to suggestions last week from Germany's Bundesbank that it must repatriate its gold slowly from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for security reasons, possibly at a rate of no more than 1 tonne per week over six years --

http://www.gata.org/node/13606

Manipulation of Comex gold 'very visible,' Rickards tells Epoch Times

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:37p ET Saturday, February 8, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Fund manager and author James G. Rickards tells The Epoch Times this week that "outright manipulation" is "very visible" in Comex gold futures prices.

Argentines drain reserves to stash dollars under mattresses

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Camila Russo and Charlie Devereux
Bloomberg News
Friday, February 8, 2014

Jorge Lischetti applied to purchase dollars from the government the day Argentina eased controls. He stashed the $300 he was allowed to buy in January in his Buenos Aires home and did the same on the first day of February.

Roberts and Kranzler: Market manipulations become more extreme, dangerous

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:25a GT Saturday, February 8, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Contrarian play for GLD will strain gold supply, Sprott tells KWN

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:30p SRT Friday, February 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Buying of shares of the gold exchange-traded fund GLD likely will increase this year as a contrarian play and put serious strain on the world gold supply, Sprott Asset Management's Eric Sprott tells King World News today, adding that the U.S. gold reserve is likely depleted:

'Gold cartel' author Dimitri Speck interviewed about market manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:46p SRT Friday, February 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

European fund manager, gold market researcher, and GATA consultant Dimitri Speck, author of the new book "The Gold Cartel," was interviewed this week by financial journalist Dominic Frisby about manipulation of the gold market by central banks. The interview is 22 minutes long and can be heard here:

Bank of England staff said to have condoned FX market rigging

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Bank of England Staff Said to Have Condoned Currency Traders' Conduct

By Suzi Ring, Gavin Finch, and Liam Vaughan
Bloomberg News
Friday, February 7, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-07/boe-staff-said-to-have-condoned...

Is Bundesbank repatriating only 1 tonne per week for the next six years?

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:06p SRT Friday, February 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's something regarding yesterday's German Press Agency report quoting the Bundesbank as saying that small shipments repatriating Germany's gold from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are "preferred for security reasons" --

http://www.gata.org/node/13606

Germany's high court suspects that ECB bond buying is illegal

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German Court Warns There Are 'Important Reasons to Assume' ECB Bond Buying Is Illegal

By Bruno Waterfield
The Telegraph, London
Friday, February 7, 2014

Germany's constitutional court has warned that it has "important reasons" to rule against the European Central Bank's promise to buy unlimited government bonds in order to save the euro.

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