Daily Dispatches

Jansen, Suchecki note unreliability of gold data

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2014-08-08 08:45 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:50a ET Friday, August 8, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

European and British gold export data isn't reliable, gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen painstakingly explains today in commentary posted at Bullion Star:

https://www.bullionstar.com/article/hmrc%20and%20eurostat%20alter%20hist...

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Germany close to recession as ECB admits recovery is weak

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-08-07 22:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, August 7, 2014

German bonds yields plunged to a historic low and two-year rates briefly fell below zero on Thursday on fears of widening recession in the eurozone and a flight to safety as Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border.

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Which precious metal transactions must be reported and which can be private?

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-08-07 22:09 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:07p ET Thursday, August 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Which precious metal coin and bullion transactions require reporting to the U.S. government and which may be undertaken in privacy?

JM Bullion in Dallas has published a fascinating graphic answering the question, and some of the answers may surprise you:

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Amid huge demand, U.S. Mint suspends sales of JFK gold coin at Illinois expo

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-08-07 21:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michelle Manchir
Chicago Tribune
Thursday, August 7, 2014

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/gold-coin-sales-halted...

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Nothing wrong with this miner that an end to gold price suppression wouldn't fix

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-08-07 21:41 Section: Daily Dispatches

Hambro's Dream of Russian Gold Runs Into Mountain of Debt

By Thomas Biesheuvel
Bloomberg News
Thursday, August 7, 2014

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-07/hambro-s-dream-of-russian-gold-...

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Bullion Management Group: The manipulation of the gold market is self-evident

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-08-07 08:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:57a ET Thursday, August 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Paul de Sousa, executive vice president of Bullion Management Group in Toronto, has written a wonderful report summarizing some of the history, documentation, and purposes of gold price suppression by Western governments.