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Will ''flexibility'' in exchange rates really mean more currency debasement?

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:59p ET Thursday, February 5, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

There are two interesting items tonight at
CBSMarketWatch about this weekend's meeting
of the Western finance ministers in Boca Raton,
Fla. One is a news story by Rachel Konig, the
other a commentary by Paul Erdman. Links are
appended.

Also appended is an appeal from GATA supporter
Josef M. Seda, a former holder of shares of the

Barclays plans bullion fund to compete with World Gold Council''s

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:32p ET Saturday, February 7, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Appended are the latest stories about the meeting of the
Western finance ministers in Boca Raton, Fla., the most
timely being CBSMarketWatch's, which is placed first and
which reports that the ministers have agreed on a statement
that will be released this evening.

See what you think, but the comments below seem to suggest

G-7 statement invites Japan and China to be more ''flexible'' with exchange rates

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Spence
CBSMarketWatch
Saturday, February 7, 2004

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NEW YORK -- San Francisco-based indexing giant Barclays
Global Investors filed with the SEC Friday to launch a
new exchange traded fund for gold investors, to be called

Text of G-7 communique from Boca Raton

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:45p ET Saturday, February 7, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As you may see from the news service stories appended
here, the G-7 conference communique from Boca Raton
seems mainly to have invited Japan and China to be more
quot;flexiblequot; with their currencies, to debase them less
amid the debasement of the U.S. dollar -- Japan and
China being the two major economic powers not having

Will Europe be the next to undercut its own currency?

Section: Daily Dispatches

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BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 7 (Reuters) -- Below is the text issued
by finance ministers and central bankers after their meeting
here Saturday:

* * *

The global economic recovery has strengthened significantly
since our meeting in Dubai and risks have diminished. Growth

''Midas'' commentary for February 5 posted at GoldSeek

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:37a ET Wednesday, February 4, 2003

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

When the most important bond fund manager in the
United States, Bill Gross of Pimco, suggests that
the country may be about to get flattened by a
tidal wave of debt that his own firm has
facilitated, the end may be near or at least due
some contemplation.

So here it is, Gross' latest commentary, quot;The
Last Vigilante,quot; an elaboration on the

Korelin''s interviews with gold market experts at Vancouver conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:15p ET Thursday, February 5, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's quot;Midasquot; commentary for
tonight at LeMetropoleCafe.com has been posted in
the clear at GoldSeek here:

a href=http://news.goldseek.com/LemetropoleCafe/1076028829.phphttp://news.golds...

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

G-7 seen as unlikely to aid dollar; and an appeal to former BIS shareholders

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:23p ET Thursday, February 5, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The links sent to you the other night for Alexander B.
Korelin's interviews with gold market experts at the
recent Vancouver International Resources Investment
Conference didn't work for a while but they are
working now and you can find them here:

a href=http://www.kuik.com/KH/KH.htmlhttp://www.kuik.com/KH/KH.html/a

Bond fund manager Gross warns that debt explosion may topple U.S.

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:50p ET Tuesday, February 3, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

If you need some expert hand holding about gold, you
probably couldn't do better than Jim Sinclair's quot;Gold
Technical Reviewquot; commentary, posted this afternoon
here:

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And before you get too anxious about the Federal
Reserve's supposed retreat from its policy of

Sinclair holds your hand; why Fed won''t raise rates; and audio from Vancouver

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:22p ET Saturday, January 31, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA assumes that all good gold bugs check
Gold-Eagle and Kitco at least five times per
day, but just in case, here's a reminder about
two especially interesting analyses there.

At Gold-Eagle, the Hard Rock Analyst argues in
quot;Liar's Pokerquot; that, despite last week's spike
in the dollar, the United States still wants it

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