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Russia adds to world's fifth-biggest gold reserves for 9th month

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By Eddie van der Walt
Bloomberg News
Thursday, January 22, 2015

LONDON -- Russia is showing no signs of slowing gold purchases as the fifth-biggest holder boosted reserves for a ninth month.

Hugo Salinas Price: Folly triumphant

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Hugo Salinas Price, Chairman
Mexican Civic Association for Silver
Thursday, January 22, 2015

The world today is in the hands of a set of quacks who pass themselves off as "economists." Their pseudo-economic science is nothing but ancient superstition dressed in modern garb. Yesterday they sold us "indulgences"; today they sell state bonds.

GATA's Bill Murphy and Ed Steer interviewed at Vancouver conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:05p ET Thursday, January 22, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy and board member Ed Steer, interviewed by Vanessa Collette, discussed the prospects for the monetary metals last weekend at Cambridge House's Vancouver Resource Investment Conference. The interview is 12 minutes long and can be seen at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

'Conspiracy facts' discussed in Goldbroker's interview with GATA secretary

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:07p ET Thursday, January 22, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Goldbroker.com's Dan Popescu has interviewed your secretary/treasurer about the refusal of mainstream news organizations and financial market leaders to examine and respond to the documentation of the longstanding Western central bank policy of gold price suppression. Also discussed in the interview are:

India needs reforms to raise gold recycling, World Gold Council says

Section: Daily Dispatches

From the Press Trust of India
via The Times of India, Mumbai
Thursday, January 22, 2015

MUMBAI, India -- India needs to take a leaf out of Turkey's book, which has undertaken gold reforms that helped bring out "stocks under the pillow," to reduce imports and curb smuggling, the World Gold Council today said.

UK's Royal Mint to start selling precious metals to public via Internet

Section: Daily Dispatches

From the Daily Mail, London
Thursday, January 22, 2015

The Royal Mint has started selling gold and silver bars directly to the public for the first time.

Silver minted bars are available in 100-gram units, while the gold bars range from 1 gram to 100 grams.

Canadian gold miners raising nearly $800 million as financing window opens

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Koven
National Post, Toronto
Thursday, January 22, 2015

The financing window is open for Canadian gold miners, and they are rushing through it at a frantic pace before it shuts.

Bron Suchecki: Many questions about gold repatriation from the New York Fed

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:35pm ET Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

TF Metals Report: This is getting fun again

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:51p ET Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson yesterday analyzed gold's growing strength and the impediments likely to be placed in the monetary metal's way by central banks and bullion banks. Ferguson's commentary is headlined "This Is Getting Fun Again" and it's posted at the TF Metals Report here:

Low inflation worries prompt retreat from rate rise by Bank of England

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By Denise Roland
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Bank of England policymakers voted unanimously to keep rates on hold in January, in a surprise about-turn for the two dissenters Martin Weale and Ian McCafferty.

All nine members of the bank's monetary policy committee voted to hold rates at 0.5 percent.

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