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Chinese and Canadian central banks agree to $30 billion currency swap

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrea Hopkins
Reuters
Saturday, November 8, 2014

BEIJING -- The central banks of China and Canada have agreed to a currency swap worth 200 billion yuan ($32.67 billion) or C$30 billion, according to a Canadian government statement issued at a meeting of Asia Pacific nations on Saturday.

Ronan Manly: Why doesn't the World Gold Council care about Switzerland anymore?

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By Ronan Manly
Saturday, November 8, 2014

GATA's dispatch of a Bloomberg News story November 5, "World Gold Council Has Nothing to Say about Swiss Gold Referendum" --

http://www.gata.org/node/14664

GATA secretary to speak in London and Munich in December

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:31a ET Saturday, November 8, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Your secretary/treasurer is scheduled to speak in London and Munich in December.

No bear market in monetary metals, Roberts tells KWN, just a rigged one

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9:40p ET Friday, November 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

At KWN, Bill Kaye outlines the likely course of a short squeeze in gold

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2p ET Friday, November 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

John Crudele: U.S. economic growth is all illusion

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By John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, November 6, 2014

As voters were coming out of the polls on Tuesday, pesky reporters were asking why they voted the way they did -- and what was going through their heads?

The most popular response -- from 45 percent of the voters -- was the economy.

Only 28 percent said their families were doing better financially.

Alasdair Macleod: Deflation comes knocking at the door

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11:30a ET Friday, November 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

TF Metals Report: Are we getting close?

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11:10a ET Friday, November 7, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold interest rates signify extreme tightness in the gold market, the TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson writes today, arguing that the break between prices for physical and paper is coming soon. Ferguson's commentary is headlined "Are We Getting Close?" and it's posted at the TF Metals Report here:

UK prepares forex fines for six big banks, sources tell Reuters

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Steve Slater and Jamie McGeever
Reuters
Friday, November 7, 2014

LONDON -- British regulators investigating allegations of collusion and manipulation in the foreign exchange market could fine a group of six banks as early as next Wednesday, people familiar with the matter said.

ICE to run replacement for century-old London gold fixing

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By Nicolas Larkin
Bloomberg News
Friday, November 7, 2014

LONDON -- CE Benchmark Administration will run the replacement for the 95-year-old London gold fixing, as benchmarks for other precious metals were overhauled this year.

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