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Grandich laments mining industry's obtuseness in face of price suppression

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:50a ET Saturday, February 16, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Market analyst and mining company consultant Peter Grandich yesterday wrote an open letter to GATA, lamenting the failure of much of the mining industry to recognize government-inspired suppression of monetary metals prices even as it intensifies. Grandich's letter is posted at his Internet site here:

GoldMoney's Macleod: Banks closing gold shorts but can't in silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:44p ET Friday, February 15, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod reports today that bullion banks have been aggressively closing their short positions in gold but have been unable to close them in silver. His report is headlined "Spike in Banks' Net Short Silver Position" and it's posted at the research section of GoldMoney's Internet site here:

Jeffrey Lewis: The untold reality of gold and silver price control

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:35a ET Friday, February 15, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

New U.S. sanction killing Iran-Turkey gold trade, bankers tell Reuters

Section: Daily Dispatches

Turkey-to-Iran Gold Trade Wiped Out by New U.S. Sanction

By Asli Kandemir
Reuters
Friday, February 15, 2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-iran-turkey-sanctions-idUSB...

Zulauf discusses gold repatriation; FT publishes Macleod

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:30a ET Friday, February 15, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

As his interview with King World News continues, fund manager Felix Zulauf remarks on the repatriation of central bank gold reserves and suspicion that they have been impaired by leases:

Hathaway sees gold in 'give-up phase' just before a big rally

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:12p ET Thursday, February 14, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold council sees central bank bullion buying at 48-year high

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Nicholas Larkin
Bloomberg News
Thursday, February 14, 2013

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-14/gold-council-sees-central-bank-...

LONDON -- Central banks added the most gold to reserves in almost a half century last year as prices averaged a record, the World Gold Council said.

But just how is the 'strong dollar' policy implemented, except by suppressing gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

Nobody in political authority or journalism ever asks.

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Obama's Treasury Pick Says He Supports Strong U.S. Dollar

From Reuters
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/13/us-usa-congress-lew-dollar-idU...

World Gold Council to teach central bankers how to trade gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:44a ET Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Central bankers will be taught how to trade gold at a three-day seminar on "gold reserves management" to be held in March at the University of California at Berkeley and co-sponsored by the World Gold Council.

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