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Central banks consider joining the LBMA. (So much for transparency.)
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2015-04-30 15:51 Section: Daily Dispatches4p ET Thurday, April 30, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Central banks have expressed interest in joining the London Bullion Market Association, which pretty much runs the London gold market, according to a report by the LBMA's chief executive officer in the May edition of its newsletter, The Alchemist.
For now, India brushes off concerns over gold import spike
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-04-29 08:27 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Suvashree Choudhury and Meenakshi Sharma
Reuters
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
MUMBAI, India -- Weak oil and commodity prices are offsetting concerns at India's central bank over the impact of a spike in gold imports on the broader economy, officials say, even as the industry forecasts another three months of strong buying.
Barrick Gold investors protest in executive pay vote
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-04-28 12:40 Section: Daily DispatchesLiezel Hill and Scott Deveau
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Barrick Gold Corp. plans to re-examine its executive compensation after shareholders expressed disapproval of the company's policies again this year.
London gold trade probably won't move to an exchange, LBMA says
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-04-27 07:45 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Eddie van der Walt
Bloomberg News
Monday, April 27, 2015
Bullion trading in London isn't likely to move to an exchange because it would increase costs and reduce liquidity, according to the industry's trade association.
Ronan Manly: El Salvador's gold reserves, the BIS, and the bullion banks
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-04-27 07:35 Section: Daily Dispatches7:34a ET Monday, April 27, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold market researcher and GATA consultant Ronan Manly has studied El Salvador's recent liquidation of most of its gold reserves and concludes that it is likely a small example of what the governments of bigger countries are doing surreptitiously in the gold market.
Mike Kosares: 2001 -- A gold Odyssey
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2015-04-25 20:38 Section: Daily Dispatches8:30p ET Saturday, April 25, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
El Salvador sells 80 percent of its gold reserves for U.S. dollars
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2015-04-25 07:39 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Nelson Renteria
Reuters
Friday, April 24, 2015
El Salvador's central bank sold about 80 percent of its gold reserves last month to diversify risk and take advantage of the metal's appreciation, a central bank official said on Friday.
Gold Newsletter's Brien Lundin: Gold market gets 'curiouser and curiouser'
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2015-04-24 20:46 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brien Lundin, Editor
Gold Newsletter, Metairie, Louisiana
Friday, April 24, 2015
"Curiouser and curiouser," cried Alice, in a statement that could be readily applied to today's gold trading session.
GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek interviews GATA Chairman Bill Murphy
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2015-04-24 19:55 Section: Daily Dispatches7:55p ET Friday, April 24, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Interviewed today by GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek, GATA Chairman Bill Murphy reviews the intensifying campaign against the gold market and the counterintuitive indications of that campaign. The interview is 14 minutes long and can be heard at GoldSeek's Internet site here:
Marveling without curiosity at an all-time inflation-adjusted low for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2015-04-24 16:45 Section: Daily Dispatches4:49p ET Friday, April 24, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: