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Sardinia's privately created local currency endures after six years

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The Sardex Factor

By Edward Posnett
Financial Times, London
Friday, September 18, 2015

Bill Holter: Bron Suchecki is a gentleman

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12:05p ET Friday, September 18, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bron Suchecki: Chill out, gold dudes

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11:57a ET Friday, September 18, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bank of England chief economist suggests negative interest rates and banning cash

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The mad totalitarians are fully in charge now.

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Negative Interest Rates Could Be Necessary to Protect UK Economy, Says Bank of England Chief Economist

By Peter Spence
The Telegraph, London
Friday, September 18, 2015

The Bank of England may need to push its interest rates into negative territory to fight off the next recession, its chief economist has said.

Bitcoin is officially a commodity, according to U.S. regulator

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Presumably this means that once a futures market is established in bitcoin, the U.S. government, acting pursuant to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 as amended and through the Treasury Department's Exchange Stabilization Fund and the Federal Reserve, will be authorized to manipulate the bitcoin market in secret.

Please join GATA in New Orleans in October -- you really can't lose

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4:28p ET Thursday, September 17, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Primary dealers rigged Treasury auctions, investor lawsuit says

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By Alexandra Scaggs Matthew Leising
Bloomberg News
Thursday, September 17, 2015

The same analytical technique that uncovered cheating in currency markets and the Libor rates benchmark -- resulting in about $20 billion of fines -- suggests that the dealers who control the U.S. Treasury market rigged bond auctions for years, according to a lawsuit.

Alasdair Macleod: Gold remains money

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12:39p ET Thursday, September 17, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold is so cheap, it's being given away

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By Helen Thomas
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, September 17, 2015

It is a sign of the beleaguered state of the gold sector that people are effectively giving the stuff away for nothing.

Koos Jansen: New York and London gold in backwardation

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8:40a ET Thursday, September 17, 2016

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