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Central banks fear they might not rule the world forever

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All Around the World, Central Bank Independence Is Under Threat

Anirban Nag, Rene Vollgraaff, and Walter Brandimarte
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 6, 2018

South Africa's top monetary policy maker spoke for his peers around the world last week when he declared that threats to central-bank independence from politicians are no longer just an "emerging-market phenomenon."

Maduro says Russia will invest billions in Venezuela's oil and gold production

Section: Daily Dispatches

Russia May Be Handing Vanezuela a $6 Billion Lifeline

By Jim Wyss
Miami Herald
Thursday, December 6, 2018

BOGOTA, Colombia -- As Washington tries to build an economic wall around Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro keeps digging tunnels.

Venezuelan officials seek meeting with Bank of England over gold repatriation, sources tell Reuters

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Mayela Armas
Reuters
Thursday, December 6, 2018

CARACAS -- Two high-ranking Venezuelan officials are traveling to London with plans to meet with the Bank of England over the repatriation of $550 million in gold held in the bank’s coffers, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.

Brandon White: Arctic trails, winter gales, and gold's secret tales

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:55p ET Thursday, December 6, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Univision quotes Bullion Star's Manly on expropriation of Venezuelan gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:10p ET Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Univision, the big Spanish-language television network in North America, yesterday quoted Bullion Star gold market analyst Ronan Manly in a report about the Bank of England's refusal to repatriate Venezuela's gold.

Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: What is Mr. Palladium telling us?

Section: Daily Dispatches

5p ET Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A shortage of palladium and a squeeze in the London market for the metal may hint at similar squeezes soon in the monetary metals, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke writes today at Sprott Money.

Jay Taylor: GATA has proved gold market manipulation, and here's more proof

Section: Daily Dispatches

11a ET Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his November 16 edition, our old friend Jay Taylor, publisher of Jay Taylor's Gold, Energy, and Tech Stocks newsletter --

https://www.miningstocks.com/

-- wrote extensively about gold market manipulation and credited GATA for proving it.

Turk, Lassonde startled by fall in metals' open interest, hinting at trend change

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:06p ET Monday, December 3, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder James Turk and mining entrepreneur Pierre Lassonde, interviewed today by King World News, note the sharply declining open interest in the gold and silver futures markets and speculate that a change in trend is underway. Both say they can't recall a sharper drop.

Turk's remarks are posted at KWN here:

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