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Keith Barron: Rock bottom
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-10-12 13:31 Section: Daily Dispatches1:30p ET Monday, October 12, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Koos Jansen: China's gold imports seem stronger over half year
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-10-12 13:08 Section: Daily Dispatches1:08p ET Monday, October 12, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
TF Metals Report: Cartel banks playing their same old tricks
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-10-12 12:45 Section: Daily Dispatches12:44p ET Monday, October 12, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Mitsui to shut precious metals business in London and New York, sources tell Reuters
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-10-12 12:02 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Clara Denina
Reuters
Monday, October 12, 2015
LONDON -- Mitsui will close its precious metals businesses in London and New York at the end of this year, two sources familiar with the situation said, due to sliding commodity prices and more stringent regulation.
"Mitsui is shutting down precious in London and New York in December," one source said.
'Gold bugs' aren't the great concealers; central banks and financial journalists are
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2015-10-11 20:41 Section: Daily Dispatches9p ET Sunday, October 11, 2015 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: MarketWatch columnist Brett Arends may win this year's award for the most disinformation in financial commentary about gold. His October 9 column, "Here's the Chart Gold Bugs Don't Want You to See" -- http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-the-chart-gold-bugs-dont-want-you...
Fed officials seem ready to deploy negative rates in next crisis
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2015-10-11 13:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Greg Robb
MarketWatch.com, New York
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Federal Reserve officials now seem open to deploying negative interest rates to combat the next serious recession even though they rejected that option during the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2009 and 2010.
IMF and World Bank disagree about competitive devaluations
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2015-10-11 10:04 Section: Daily DispatchesThe Real Fight to Win the International Currency Wars
By Mehreen Khan
The Telegraph, London
Saturday, October 10, 2015
China's decision to tweak its exchange rate peg with the dollar in August provoked reactionary howls of derision -- from the United States to India -- that Beijing was gearing up for a new wave of international currency warfare.
But do currency wars really work?
LBMA invites proposals on how to improve London's gold market
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2015-10-09 19:24 Section: Daily DispatchesWhy not start by getting rid of the LBMA?
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LBMA Invites Proposals on How to Improve London's Gold Market
By Eddie Van Der Walt
Bloomberg News
Friday, October 9, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-09/lbma-invites-proposals...
Koos Jansen: The Chinese gold market -- lost in translation
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2015-10-09 12:58 Section: Daily Dispatches12:58p ET Friday, October 9, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Bron Suchecki: Bundesbank's gold bar list would fail an audit
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2015-10-09 12:00 Section: Daily Dispatches11:59a ET Friday, October 9, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Perth Mint research director Bron Suchecki agrees today that the German Bundesbank's gold bar list, published this week, is completely inadequate and would never be sufficient for audit purposes.