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Europe is worried about the dollar but isn''t ready to intervene
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-12-03 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesTrichet Warning Brings Relief for Dollar
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, December 3, 2004
BRUSSELS -- The US dollar rallied sharply yesterday
after the European Central Bank warned currency
speculators not to push their luck.
Jean-Claude Trichet, the ECB's president, said market
intervention was "a weapon" at the disposal of every
The whir and roar of the booming gold business in India
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-12-03 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Stella Dawson
Reuters
Friday, December 3, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?
type=reutersEdge&storyID=6991223
FRANKFURT -- European leaders are worried about
the tumbling dollar but have not agreed to fire their
cannon of foreign exchange intervention yet, senior
officials of European governments said on Friday.
Dollar dives to new lows as treasury secretary reiterates ''strong dollar'' policy
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-12-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches4:39p ET Friday, December 3, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Here is a long but wonderful story from a major
business newspaper in India about the booming
gold business there. The story has all the whir
and roar of it -- jewelry, the trend toward
monetary gold, and developments in marketing
the metal as well as futures trading.
The evidence of the story is that "schemes" --
German paper says U.S. would be OK with dollar as low as 1.45 to the euro
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2004-12-03 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesDollar Dives to New Lows
By Andrea Ricci
Reuters
Friday, December 3, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?
type=businessNews&storyID=6992925
NEW YORK -- The dollar slid to a new record low
against the euro on Friday amid disappointing U.S.
jobs data and a perception that the United States
was in no hurry to stem the dollar's fall.
Sinclair on currency intervention, and The Economist on the dollar''s future
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2004-12-02 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesWhy America is switching to a weak dollar policy
By Martin Wolf
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/69dceca6-433f-11d9-bea1-00000e2511c8.html
How far might the dollar fall?
By as much as 50 percent from its peak, in trade-weighted
nominal terms, suggest two distinguished international
Join GATA at the 2005 Vancouver Resource Investment Conference
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-12-01 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:07p ET Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Some things of special interest tonight at
Resource Investor:
* Covering the San Francisco Gold and Precious
Metals Conference, Tim Wood reports on Newmont
Mining President Pierre Lassonde's keynote
address, which predicted a four-digit gold
price. Lassonde said: "At the end of the day,
all currencies will have to depreciate against
Newmont Mining president acknowledges that gold market might be rigged
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-12-01 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches1:26a ET Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy will be among the
speakers at the 2005 Vancouver Resource
Investment Conference on Sunday and Monday,
January 23 and 24, at the beautiful
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
on the city's waterfront.
But don't despair if you're almost as tired
of Murphy as you are of the central banks'
Here come competitive devaluations, and then gold may rise in other currencies
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-12-01 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches5:20p ET Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Progress often comes very slowly, so it's a
thrill whenever you can notice it, as with
Newmont Mining President Pierre Lassonde's
speech Monday to the San Francisco Gold and
Precious Metals Conference.
The speech was transcribed by Resource
Investor's Tim Wood, who quoted Lassonde as
recognizing GATA indirectly:
"Gold today is as close to a currency as you will
Will China''s gold craze give victory to real metal or just paper?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-12-01 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesDollar Crumbles to Record Low Vs. Euro
By Eric Burroughs
Reuters
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?
type=businessNews&storyID=6972430
TOKYO -- The dollar sank to a record low against
the euro on Thursday and stood near a 12-year low
vs. the pound after a round of robust U.S. economic
data failed to dispel increasingly negative sentiment
More dollar devaluation of as much of 34 percent is only realistic solution
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2004-12-01 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesNew Wave of Gold Rush Hits China
By Liu Jie
China Daily, Beijing
Thursday, December 2, 2004
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/02/content_396688.htm
The gold rush is reaching a feverish pitch in major
cities across China.
In a Beijing store, 300 kilograms of gold bars minted
by the China Gold Coin Inc. to commemorate the
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