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Dollar stops being Russia's leading reserve currency

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Pravda, Moscow
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

http://english.pravda.ru/business/finance/19-05-2009/107581-dollar_russia-0

The U.S. dollar is not Russia's basic reserve currency anymore.

MineWeb cites GATA and raises confiscation question

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:50a ET Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Swiss gold ETF: Paranoia premium or plain expensive?

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:38p ET Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Rob Mackinlay of Financial Express in London reports that European gold ETFs are disputing each other's costs and claims of safety. His story is headlined "$4 Billion Swiss Gold ETF: Paranoia Premium or Plain Expensive?" and you can find it at the Trustnet site here:

Thom Calandra: No Wits end in sight

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:08p ET Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA board member Douglas interviewed on gold, silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:34p ET Monday, May 18, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

GATA board member Adrian Douglas, publisher of the Market Force Analysis financial letter (http://www.MarketForceAnalysis.com), was interviewed for a half hour yesterday by TheFinancialTube.com about the gold and silver markets, and you can listen to it here:

Brazil and China work together to replace dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jonathan Wheatley
Financial Times, London
Monday, May 18, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/996b1af8-43ce-11de-a9be-00144feabdc0.html?ncli...

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazil and China will work toward using their own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US dollar, according to Brazil's central bank and aides to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president.

Ted Butler: Silver surplus?

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:51p ET Monday, May 18, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Silver market analyst Ted Butler's new commentary disputes recent surveys concluding that there is a surplus of silver. Butler's commentary is headlined "Silver Surplus?" and you can find it at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

http://news.silverseek.com/TedButler/1242674918.php

Gold seen backing yuan's internationalization

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dow Jones Newswires
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, May 18, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090517-704461.html

SHANGHAI -- China's gold reserves may serve as backing for the yuan as Beijing promotes its use overseas, said Zheng Lianghao, managing director of the World Gold Council's Far East division, the Shanghai Securities News reported Monday.

China's stockpiles seen as new sovereign wealth strategy

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Kevin Hamlin
Bloomberg News
Monday, May 18, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601009&sid=a5yhtDZx75kw

BEIJING -- China is stockpiling commodities such as copper and iron ore as part of a reallocation of its sovereign wealth amid concern that the value of its dollar assets may decline, according to the Royal Bank of Canada.

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