Daily Dispatches

Fed increases money available at auction to aid banks

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-04 19:11 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Friday, January 4, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080104/ap_on_bi_ge/fed_credit_crisis;_ylt=A...

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Goldman and Morgan expect half-point rate cut this month

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-04 19:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tamawa Kadoya and Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Reuters
Friday, January 4, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0431922520080104

NEW YORK -- A sputtering job market has convinced economists at key U.S. investment banks that the Federal Reserve will need to resort to a steeper half-percentage point interest rate cut when it meets later this month.

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A reference to gold price manipulation creeps into U.S. press

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-04 16:36 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:30p ET Friday, January 4, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

You may recall from a recent dispatch that GoldMoney founder James Turk's recent essay enumerating the reasons to invest in gold, citing GATA's work exposing central bank intervention against the precious metal, was published this week by The Peninsula in Qatar:

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Financial Times notes rising demand, falling production for gold

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-04 12:54 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:50p ET Friday, January 4, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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New York Sun tries pricing real estate in gold

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-04 12:41 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:40p ET Friday, January 4, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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As gold price soars, production falls and central banks are less eager to sell

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-01-02 20:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

Bullion Outshines Record from 1980

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, January 3, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/01/03/cnbull...

Gold has soared through resistance to touch an all-time high of $861.20 an ounce in New York, surpassing the record last seen at the height of the inflation crisis in 1980.

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Julian Phillips: Manipulation/management -- controlling the gold price

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-01-02 20:39 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:35p ET Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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It's time to play 'Are You Smarter Than An FBI Agent?'

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-01-02 20:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:20p ET Wednesday, January 3, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Despite the FBI's raid on its offices in Indiana and mint in Idaho and the seizure of its inventory seven weeks ago, Liberty Dollar is back in business, taking orders for 2008-dated medallions and promising delivery around the end of this month.