Daily Dispatches

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

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2015-01-22 11:42 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.

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

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-01-21 16:36 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:35pm ET Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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TF Metals Report: This is getting fun again

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-01-21 15:52 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:

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

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-01-21 11:22 Section: Daily Dispatches

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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Is the dollar next? Investors reassess after Swiss shock

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-01-21 11:18 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rachel Evans and Lananh Nguyen
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

After Switzerland shocked markets by scrapping its currency cap, investors are beginning to ask whether a policy surprise may be lurking for the dollar too.