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King Report: Market rigging strives to save disintegrating Europe

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From The King Report
Burr Ridge, Illinois
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

As always when a political event occurs, be alert for central bank intervention.

Someone intervened in European stocks before European bourses opened Monday. Unlike previous interventions, the Brexit and Italian referendum manipulations are intended to save the European Union, not just banks or stocks.

CFTC leaves shaping position limits rule to Trump administration

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrew Ackerman and Alexander Osipovich
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators failed to put the finishing touches on a much-debated, long-delayed rule to limit speculation in commodities like oil and gold, opting instead to propose a scaled-back version that leaves its outcome in the hands of the Trump administration.

Bill Holter: Fake news, fake markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:25p ET Monday, December 5, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Market analyst Bill Holter cites GATA's work today in his latest commentary at Jim Sinclair's JSMineSet.com, commentary headlined "Fake News, Fake Markets."

USAGold: Reflections on the election

Section: Daily Dispatches

1p ET Monday, December 5, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

USAGold's December News & Views newsletter, edited by Michael Kosares, contains some pretty insightful observations on the economy and the U.S. presidential election from a dozen or so market analysts, many of them bearing heavily on gold. It's headlined "Reflections on the Election" and it's posted at USAGold here:

Who needs real metal if paper will do?

Section: Daily Dispatches

And who needs gold miners if they can never figure out why the metal's price doesn't behave as it should?

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Fears Rise over Future Supply of Gold

By Henry Sanderson
Financial Times, London
Monday, December 5, 2016

"For the first time in history, gold supply into the future is under enormous pressure."

Now Muslims can help bullion banks undermine gold investments with GLD

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Gold Standard Approved for Islamic Finance, Opening New Market

By Claudia Carpenter
Bloomberg News
Monday, December 5, 2016

Gold is acceptable for the first time as an investment in Islamic finance after the group that sets standards for the industry adopted Shariah-compliant rules for trading the metal.

Koos Jansen: Debunking GFMS' gold demand statistics

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By Koos Jansen
BullionStar.com, Singapore
Saturday, December 3, 2016

What came to light as on odd discrepancy between GFMS' Chinese gold demand and "apparent supply" has proven to be a tenacious cover-up by the oldest consultancy firm in the gold market.

China gold premiums near 3-year high while cash crunch curbs Indian demand

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By Sethuraman N.R. and Rajendra Jadhav
Reuters
Friday, December 2, 2016

Gold premiums in China held near three-year highs this week amid limited supply of the precious metal, with traders saying Beijing was restricting imports, while prices in India swung to a discount as a severe cash crunch dampened appetite.

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