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China to allow direct conversion between yuan and Swiss franc

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Fion Li
Bloomberg News
Monday, November 9, 2015

China took another step to boost the yuan's global usage, saying it will start direct trading with the Swiss franc, as the nation pushes its case for reserve-currency status at the International Monetary Fund.

Reuters: European Central Bank may push interest rates more negative

Section: Daily Dispatches

ECB Rate Setters Converge on December Deposit Rate Cut

By Paul Taylor and Balazs Koranyi
Reuters
Monday, November 9, 2015

A consensus is forming at the European Central Bank to take the interest rate it charges banks to park money deeper into negative territory in December, four governing council members said, a move that could weaken the euro and push up inflation.

Join GATA at the Silver Summit in San Francisco Nov. 23-24

Section: Daily Dispatches

3p ET Sunday, November 8, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy and Board of Directors member Ed Steer will be among many speakers of interest to GATA supporters at the 2015 Silver Summit and Resource Expo, co-sponsored by Cambridge House and Katusa Research, to be held Monday and Tuesday, November 23 and 24, at the Park Central Hotel in beautiful San Francisco.

Sean Fieler: Competition for the Fed's money monopoly

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sean Fieler
The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, November 1, 2015

http://www.wsj.com/articles/competition-for-the-feds-money-monopoly-1446...

History suggests that the only way to rein in the sprawling Federal Reserve is to end its money monopoly and restore the American people's ability to use gold as a competing currency.

Merge or die, major gold miners told by Randgold's Bristow

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Thomas Biesheuvel
Business Day, Johannesburg, South Africa
Friday, November 6, 2015

LONDON -- The biggest gold miners, weighed down by record debt and with prices near a five-year low, will have to merge with others to survive, according to Randgold Resources, the best-performing producer of the metal in the past 10 years.

Koos Jansen: The LBMA conference and the 'confusion' about gold round-tripping

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:10p ET Saturday, November 7, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Alasdair Macleod: The end-point in financial credit

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney.com, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, November 5, 2015

Since the 1980s markets have had to adapt to a world of infinite credit.

China's gold investment at risk as Beijing frees yuan

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Clara Denina
Reuters
Thursday, November 5, 2015

LONDON -- Appetite for gold in China, which accounts for one fifth of global investment demand, could fall in the long term as the country moves to free the yuan, enabling savers to gain direct access to foreign stocks or bonds.

Indian govt. tells people: Deposit your gold with us so we can drive its price down

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India's Gold Stash Dwarfs Fort Knox Hoard and Modi Wants It

By Swansy Afonso and Vrishti Beniwal
Bloomberg News
Thursday, November 5, 2015

There's about 20,000 metric tons of gold stashed away in India's temples and households -- more than four times the amount held in Fort Knox in Kentucky -- and Narendra Modi wants to get his hands on it.

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