Daily Dispatches

U.S. food prices seen rising most since 1990

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-08-20 21:01 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Christopher Doering
Reuters
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2045630520080820

WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumers should brace for the biggest increase in food prices in nearly 20 years in 2008 and even more pain next year due to surging meat and produce prices, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.

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Jason Hommel: Silver has run out -- now

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-08-20 17:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jason Hommel
Silver Stock Report
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

http://silverstockreport.com/2008/out.html

For a long time, people have been asking me: When will silver run out?

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Investors expecting wipeout for Fannie and Freddie

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-08-20 17:39 Section: Daily Dispatches

Fannie and Freddie Shares Plummet

By Stephen Bernard and Alan Zibel
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_bi_ge/mortgage_giants_crisis;_...

NEW YORK -- Investors are betting that time is running out for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Is gold demand soaring or plunging?

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-08-19 15:39 Section: Daily Dispatches

3:30p ET Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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CMRE's October meeting examines the financial crisis

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-08-19 00:07 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:03a ET Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

For its annual fall dinner meeting, to be held in New York City on Thursday, October 16, the Committee for Monetary Research and Education will be asking the not-so-musical question:

Is this the epicenter of the biggest financial crisis in history?

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Sharp contraction in money supply points to Wall Street crunch

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-08-18 21:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/19/cnusec...

The US money supply has experienced the sharpest contraction in modern history, heightening the risk of a Wall Street crunch and a severe economic slowdown in coming months.