Daily Dispatches

Jan Skoyles: Five things repatriating gold bullion says about the country

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-11-01 08:38 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:35a ET Thursday, November 1, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Iran starts requiring central bank approval for gold exports

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2012-10-31 10:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Yeganeh Torbati
Reuters
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/uk-iran-gold-idUKBRE89U0T320121031

DUBAI -- Iranians can no longer export gold without approval by the central bank, an official was quoted as saying on Wednesday, in a new effort by the government to restrict outflows of wealth.

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Will the German gold clamor ignite gold's skyrocket?

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2012-10-31 10:02 Section: Daily Dispatches

10a ET Wednesday, October 31, 2012

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Matthew Lynn: German gold clamor shows distrust of central bank market rigging

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2012-10-31 08:41 Section: Daily Dispatches

Why Do the Germans Want Their Gold Back?

There's Something Reassuring about Physical Money

By Matthew Lynn
MarketWatch.com
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-do-the-germans-want-their-gold-back...

LONDON -- Where does Germany keep its gold reserves?

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MineWeb: German gold audit could spark others

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2012-10-31 08:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:20a ET Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb's Dorothy Kosich today notes the clamor for an audit of Germany's gold reserves, largely vaulted abroad, and the role played in that clamor by GATA. Kosich's commentary is headlined "Germany's Gold Reserve Inspection Could Spark Other Central Bank Gold Audits" and it's posted at MineWeb here:

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Jim Sinclair: Gold confiscation rumor control

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2012-10-30 21:54 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:52p ET Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jim Sinclair tonight dismisses concerns about gold confiscation and makes an important point about the confiscation undertaken by the U.S. government in 1933. Sinclair writes:

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Der Spiegel snickers about Germany's gold but avoids the serious questions

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2012-10-30 17:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:16p ET Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In the commentary appended here, the German magazine Der Spiegel today snickered a lot about concerns for the security of Germany's gold reserves vaulted abroad without ever posing the crucial questions: