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Central banks are losing control of interest rates, Turk tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:36p ET Monday, December 12, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Central banks are losing control of interest rates, which are signaling inflation and trouble for bonds and banks, GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk tells King World News today. An excerpt from his interview is posted at KWN here:

http://kingworldnews.com/james-turk-central-banks-are-finally-losing-con...

Mining giant Agnico Eagle buys into Yukon's White Gold district

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dave Croft
Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Toronto
Monday, December 12, 2016

Yukon prospector Shawn Ryan says a deal has been struck to bring another major gold mining company into the White Gold district, south of Dawson City.

Bloomberg notes silver riggers' collusion, so how about central banks' collusion vs. gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:53p ET Monday, December 12, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bloomberg News today excerpts some of the most incriminating electronic exchanges between bullion bank traders colluding to manipulate the silver market, exchanges documented by Deutsche Bank as part of its settlement of the class-action lawsuit brought against it in federal court in New York.

Singapore is a safe haven for gold investors

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrea Soh
The Straits Times, Singapore
Monday, December 12, 2016

SINGAPORE -- Two years after the Great Financial Crisis, Michael Tan (not his real name) took his life savings and converted 70 percent of it into precious metals.

Indian gold imports said to jump to year's high in November

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Shruti Srivastava and Swansy Afonso
Bloomberg News
Monday, December 12, 2016

Gold imports by India, the second-biggest consumer, are said to have climbed 10 percent in November to the highest this year, according to a person familiar with provisional Finance Ministry data. Demand increased as jewelers built up stockpiles for the marriage season, a trade group said.

India's top gold import bank suspends some bullion dealer accounts

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rajendra Jadhav and Devidutta Tripathy
Reuters
Monday, December 12, 2016

MUMBAI, India -- Axis Bank Ltd., India's top importer of gold, has suspended the bank accounts of some bullion dealers and jewellers after two of its executives at a branch were arrested over alleged money laundering.

Forced into digital transactions, Indians resume buying gold anyway

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Jewellery Sales Pick Up Slowly After Falling 80%

By Sutanuka Ghosal
The Times of India, Mumbai
Monday, December 12, 2016

KOLKATA, India -- Gold sales have picked up by 40-50 percent this month as consumers are getting used to digital transactions to purchase the metal.

Inflation-hit Venezuela to pull largest bill from circulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Girish Gupta
Reuters
Sunday, December 11, 2016

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Mired in an economic crisis and facing the world's highest inflation, Venezuela will pull its largest bill, worth two U.S. cents on the black market, from circulation this week ahead of introducing new higher-value notes, President Nicolas Maduro said today.

Silver price charts annotated with messages between market-rigging traders

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:13p ET Saturday, December 10, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Nick Laird of Gold Charts R Us has built charts of silver prices that link price movements with the messages between traders disclosed this week in the anti-trust lawsuit against the investment banks accused of rigging the market. The annotated charts can be viewed at Laird's internet site here:

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