Daily Dispatches

Middelkoop and Macleod see a gold-based reset

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-02-18 17:12 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:10p ET Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold-based transformations of the world financial system are envisioned in two commentaries today, one by Willem Middlekoop, author of "The Big Reset," who writes today in Koos Jansen's space at Bullion Star a commentary headlined "A New Gold Standard in the Making":

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RBI lifts ban on import of gold coins, medallions by banks

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-02-18 13:55 Section: Daily Dispatches

By the Press Trust of Inda
via The Times of India, Mumbai
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

MUMBAI -- The Reserve Bank of India today lifted the ban on imports of gold coins and medallions by banks and trading houses.

In a notification the RBI also said banks are permitted to import gold on consignment basis. Domestic sales will be, however, permitted against up-front payment only.

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Tocqueville's Hathaway discusses price-rigging suit against London gold fix participants

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-02-17 19:25 Section: Daily Dispatches

7:25p ET Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Ted Butler: A remarkable proposition

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-02-17 19:12 Section: Daily Dispatches

7:10p ET Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Zero Hedge claims vindication for Mylchreest's study of gold-suppressing yen trade

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-02-17 17:09 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:10p ET Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Zero Hedge today claims vindication for market analyst Paul Mylchreest's study in December, conveyed to you by GATA --

http://gata.org/node/14822

-- concluding that the price of gold has been suppressed for two years as part of a massive trade involving the Japanese yen and Japan's stock index.

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At KWN, Embry notes laughably counterintuitive action in monetary metals

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-02-17 15:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

3p ET Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sprott Asset Management's John Embry today discusses with King World News the laughably counterintuitive action in the monetary metals -- their getting smashed down in the New York futures market "in the face of a news backdrop that should be sending them up sharply." Embry's interview is excerpted at the KWN blog here:

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Caliphs are long gone but their money is still pretty good

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-02-17 14:50 Section: Daily Dispatches

Divers in Caesarea Find Largest Treasure of Gold Coins Ever Discovered in Israel

From the Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem, Israel
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Divers-in-Caesarea-find-largest-treasur...

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Koos Jansen details how the World Gold Council underestimates China's gold demand

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-02-17 09:48 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:45a ET Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher, Bullion Star market analyst, and GATA consultant Koos Jansen today explains in painstaking detail why he has concluded that China's effective gold demand is much higher than what the World Gold Council estimates it to be. Jansen's analysis is posted at Bullion Star here: