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Washington Post reporter gets interested

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2:35p ET Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China's stealth intervention supports dollar

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Beijing Swells Dollar Reserves Through Stealth

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/26/ccchin...

Credit insurance obligations cloud bailout of Freddie, Fannie

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What Will Mac 'n' Mae Cost You and Me?

By Gretchen Morgenson
The New York Times
Sunday, August 24, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/24gret.html?_r=1&ref=business&o

China warns U.S. against failure of Fannie, Freddie

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Fannie, Freddie Failure Would Be World 'Catastrophe'

By Kevin Hamlin
Bloomberg News Service
Friday, August 22, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aslo2E01QVFI

BEIJING -- A failure of U.S. mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be a catastrophe for the global financial system, said Yu Yongding, a former adviser to China's central bank.

Rob Kirby: Only a central bank could be shorting gold that much

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11p ET Monday, August 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

John Lee on gold coin rationing: Where there's smoke, there's fire

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10:45p ET Monday, August 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Reflecting tonight on the U.S. Mint's rationing of gold eagle coins, John Lee of Mau Capital Management writes:

Mint elaborates on gold coin rationing amid huge demand

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U.S. Mint Resumes Gold Coin Orders on Limited Basis

By Frank Tang
Reuters
Monday, August 25, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN2539668920080825

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Mint said it must allocate the American Eagle bullion coins among dealers to cope with overwhelming demand as it resumed taking orders for the popular coins on Monday.

James West: Where's the gold?

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1:53p ET Monday, August 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

James West, publisher and editor of The Midas Letter, remarks on the growing dichotomy between the futures and physical markets for gold, and on GATA's work pointing it out, in his new essay, "Where's the Gold?," which can be found at The Midas Letter's Internet site here:

Gene Arensberg: Silver sucker-punched by two U.S. banks

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10:48a ET Monday, August 25, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A new summary of GATA's work and outlook

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10:40a ET Sunday, August 24, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A new summary of GATA's work and the organization's outlook toward the world financial system, written by your secretary/treasurer, has been posted in the "Essays" section of GATA's Internet site. It may be of some interest to people who have come upon the gold price manipulation issue only recently. You can find it here:

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