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Robert Bell: The Invisible Hand (of the U.S. Government) in Financial Markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Monday, April 4, 2005

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8080238

LONDON -- The International Monetary Fund should sell gold to finance
deeper debt relief and diversify its portfolio, the UK Treasury said
on Monday.

"The IMF themselves have concluded that an overall sale of 13 to 16
million ounces could be accommodated without significant difficulty,

Sprott''s John Embry wins ''The Great Gold Debate'' on ROB-TV

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:45p ET Monday, April 4, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The likelihood that the U.S. government is rigging
most major financial markets is explored in detail
in a new essay by Robert Bell, chairman of the
economics department of Brooklyn College of the
City University of New York. Bell cites the
groundbreaking work of GATA board member Michael
Bolser in regard to the Federal Reserve's use of

More agitation to induce Indians to surrender their gold -- and their security

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:02p ET Saturday, April 2, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Julian D.W. Phillips, editor of Gold -- Authentic Money,
reports that France seems to have been late in reporting
its gold sales for December and January and that the
European Central Banks are obviously now trying to
manage the gold price but NOT to push it down. You
can find his commentary at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/AuthenticMoney/1112414400.php

GATA Chairman Murphy will speak at Calgary Resource Investment Conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

Ways to Liquefy Gold --
The 'Financialisation' of Gold
and Real Estate is Important

By Gautam Chikermane
Indian Express, New Delhi
Monday, April 4, 2005

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=67686

Among real assets of any statistical significance, gold and real
estate have a lot of similarities. Both are difficult to track

Michael Kosares: ECB''s gold sales undermine euro''s credibility

Section: Daily Dispatches

8p ET Sunday, April 3, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy will be among the speakers
at the 2005 Calgary Resource Investment Conference,
to be held Sunday and Monday, April 10 and 11, at the
Telus Convention Center in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Also speaking will be Bob Bishop of Gold Mining
Stock Report, Paul van Eeden of the Van Eeden
Letter, Peter Grandich of Grandich Publications,

Central bank policy issues like to sway the markets this week

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michael Kosares
Centennial Precious Metals, Denver
USAGold.com
Sunday, April 3, 2005

http://www.usagold.com/amk/usagoldmarketupdate.html

No sooner had this Market Update featured a report on official-
sector gold sales last week than the European Central Bank (ECB)
announced a surprise: It had sold 47 tonnes of gold. The sales

John Embry: Gold and the greenback

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Brendan Murray
Bloomberg News Service
Friday, April 1, 2005

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000087&sid=akCuaGpZr1Y8&refer=top_world_news

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Governor Ben S. Bernanke is President
George W. Bush's pick to become the next chairman of the
administration's Council of Economic Advisers, the White House said

Contrary Investor: Credit derivatives are now the crucial U.S. industry

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:45p ET Saturday, April 2, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sprott Asset Management's John Embry has
an essay in the April issue of Investors
Digest of Canada, "Gold and the Greenback,"
and you can find it in Adobe Acrobat
format here:

http://www.sprott.com/pdf/investorsdigest/investors_digest_apr_01_200

Antal Fekete explains how floating exchange rates destroy industry

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:01p ET Saturday, April 2, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The April "Market Observations" column of
ContraryInvestor.com of Vallejo, California,
is a wonderful analysis of how the credit
derivatives business is behind the U.S.
real estate bubble and how that bubble is
now the main part of the U.S. economy.
You can find it here:

http://www.contraryinvestor.com/mo.htm

Julian Phillips: Europe is managing gold price but not pushing it down

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:52p ET Saturday, April 2, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Don't miss Antal E. Fekete's third installment of "The
GoldBug Variations," where he asserts, in part:

"It is true that the international gold standard confines
the foreign exchange rate between two countries
adhering to it to a narrow range between the gold
export and import points. This is not a drawback of

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