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TF Metals Report: Gold magically flows back into GLD

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:08p ET Friday, February 5, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson reports today that the exchange-traded fund GLD has been steadily adding gold to its claimed holdings since December, corresponding closely with the increase in the gold price since then. His commentary is headlined "Gold Magically Flows Back Into the GLD" and it's posted here:

Venezuela's central bank in talks with Deutsche Bank on gold swap

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By Corina Pons
Reuters
Friday, February 5, 2016

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's central bank has begun negotiations with Deutsche Bank AG to carry out gold swaps to improve the liquidity of its foreign reserves as it faces heavy debt payments this year, according to two sources familiar with the talks.

Koos Jansen: Shanghai Gold Exchange appears to report monthly withdrawals

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8:10a ET Friday, February 5, 2016

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Alasdair Macleod: Shorting the yuan is dangerous

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12:16a ET Friday, February 5, 2016

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China doesn't need to devalue its currency, the yuan, GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod writes this week. Rather, Macleod writes, China's objective is to weaken the yuan's primary competitor, the U.S. dollar.

Inflation-wracked Venezuela orders bank notes by the planeload

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By Kejal Vyas
Dow Jones News Service
via Morningstar, Chicago, Illinois
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Millions of pounds of provisions, stuffed into three-dozen 747 cargo planes, arrived here from countries around the world in recent months to service Venezuela's crippled economy.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Dollar tumbles as Fed rescues China in the nick of time

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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, February 4, 2016

The US dollar has suffered one of the sharpest drops in 20 years as the Federal Reserve signals a retreat from monetary tightening, igniting a powerful rally for commodities and easing a ferocious squeeze on dollar debtors in China and emerging markets.

London gold market wrestles over future: 'People want the physical, not paper'

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By Henry Sanderson
Financial Times, London
Thursday, February 4, 2016

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a4390aba-c9d4-11e5-a8ef-ea66e967dd44.html

There aren't many places in the UK where you can walk in off the street and buy gold as a retail customer. A new store in London's St James's Street a stone's throw from the Ritz wants shoppers.

USA Watchdog's Greg Hunter interviews Hugo Salinas Price on gold revaluation

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:54p ET Wednesday, February 3, 2016

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NY Fed prez hints it's one-and-done for interest rate hikes

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Dudley Flags Tight Conditions Ahead of Fed Meeting

Sam Fleming and Robin Wigglesworth
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Global financial conditions have tightened markedly since the Federal Reserve lifted interest rates in December and the central bank will have to take that into account if the situation persists into March, the president of the New York Fed has said.

Gold figures heavily in Lars Schall's tremendous interview with Ronnie Stoeferle

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7:50p ET Wednesday, February 3, 2016

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