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Tom Szabo: No backwardation in gold yet, maybe in silver

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12:35p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China to increase money supply 17%, boost lending

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By Lee Spears
Bloomberg News
Sunday, December 14, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ablWg2RUlVmk&

BEIJING -- China aims to increase its money supply 17 percent in 2009 and encourage lending to boost domestic consumption and buoy growth in the world's fourth-largest economy.

Trace Mayer: A problem with GLD and SLV ETFs

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11:20a ET Sunday, December 14, 2008

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Financial Times hears Comex gold squeeze talk

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Gold Surges as Doubts Rise on Car Bailout

By Chris Flood
Financial Times
Thursday, December 11, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/077b765c-c77c-11dd-b611-000077b07658.html?ncli...

Comex said warning brokers about December gold squeeze

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From "Midas" Commentary
by Bill Murphy
LeMetropoleCafe.com
Friday, December 12, 2008

I received a call this morning from a commodities broker who told me that the Comex is alerting various futures firms about the potential of a squeeze on the December contract and is advising the $840 December shorts to exit their positions. That is the remaining open position.

Former Fed governor hints at big upward revaluation of gold

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9:21p ET Friday, December 12, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Interviewed Monday this week on the "Trading Day" program of Business News Network in Canada, former Federal Reserve Governor Lyle Gramley hinted that a big upward revaluation of gold may figure heavily in the Fed's attempt to rescue the U.S. economy.

Germany's bank bailout has failed, MPs say

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By Bertrand Benoit and James Wilson
Financial Times, London
Friday, December 12, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9569418-c84c-11dd-b86f-000077b07658.html

Germany's banking sector rescue has failed and should be modified urgently if lasting damage to the economy is to be avoided, the MPs who oversee the E500 billion ($668 billion, L449 billion) of funds warned on Friday.

Fed refuses to disclose recipients of $2 trillion

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5p ET Friday, December 12, 2008

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Silver investigation: CFTC does U-turn

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4:36p ET Friday, December 12, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Rob Mackinlay of Investegate has examined the latest and perhaps more serious review by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission of complaints of manipulation of the silver market. Mackinlay's report is headlined "Silver Investigation: CFTC Does U-Turn" and you can find it here:

James Turk: More on gold backwardation

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4:27p ET Friday, December 12, 2008

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