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Yikes! A big mining company wakes up as Newmont opposes IMF gold sale plan

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John M. Berry
Bloomberg News Service
Wednesday, February 9, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000039&refer=columnist_berry&sid=a9Y0rAfhiA4g

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speaking in London last
week, put the best face he could on the outlook for the burgeoning
U.S. current account deficit.

Currency markets, perhaps misled by the seemingly hopeful tone of

Bundesbank to Citibank: YOU can''t rig our markets; only WE can rig our markets!

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Leora Moldofsdky, Kevin Morrison,
John Reed, and Bernard Simon
Financial Times, London
Thursday, February 10, 2005

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2a46c2c4-7b0c-11d9-a8c9-00000e2511c8.html

Newmont Mining, the world's biggest gold producer, is lobbying US
congressmen to block any proposal to sell a portion of International

Ted Butler: Break on through to the other side

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Lewa Pardomuan
Reuters
Monday, February 7, 2005

http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?
type=businessNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7553117

SINGAPORE -- Gold sales by the International Monetary Fund for third-
world debt relief could weaken bullion prices over the longer run
but any dip could be temporary because of strong demand at lower

A look at the decline in purchases of U.S. government debt by central banks

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Theodore Butler
InvestmentRarities.com
Tuesday, February 8, 2005

First, a few words about the latest Commitment of
Traders Report (COT).

In silver, there were no surprises, and the market
structure continues to improve. All told, the dealers'
net short position has declined (improved) by some
42,000 futures contracts (210 million ounces) since
the top in early December. I wish there were another

Dollar gains as Fed governor says U.S. is attracting ''tremendous'' investment

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:06p ET Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ned W. Schmidt, editor of the Value View Gold Report,
examines the decline in purchases of U.S. government
debt by foreign central banks in a new essay,
"Moneyization, Part 7," at FinancialSense.com here:

http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/schmidt/2005/0207.html

Even if IMF sold gold, it probably would remain in government hands

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rodrigo Davies
Bloomberg News Service
Tuesday, February 8, 2005

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000100&sid=aA6F1ffAjpUQ&refer=germany

The dollar climbed to an almost two-month high against the yen after
Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies said the United States is
attracting a "tremendous amount" of investment.

Gold market wary of big IMF sales but demand remains strong

Section: Daily Dispatches

IMF Looks at Gold Sale Options for Debt Relief

By Andrew Balls, Chris Giles,
and Scheherazade Daneshkhu
Financial Times, London
Sunday, February 6, 2005

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8c757556-787a-11d9-9961-00000e2511c8.html

The International Monetary Fund is preparing a report on the
potential sale of a portion of its gold reserves in a move that would

James Turk: More bounce in the dollar but it changes little

Section: Daily Dispatches

Citigroup Puts Four Bond Dealers on Leave
Pending Investigation of Suspicious Trade

By The Associated Press
Saturday, February 5, 2005

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050205/britain_citigroup_1.html

LONDON -- Citigroup Inc. has said it placed four dealers
on paid leave pending an investigation of a suspicious
bond trade.

Sunday''s Financial Times reports on the perpetual IMF gold sales frenzy

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:30p ET Sunday, February 6, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant James Turk, editor of the Freemarket
Gold & Money Report and founder of GoldMoney, has
posted new commentary. While it is titled "More Bounce
in the Dollar," it concludes that "nothing has changed
to reverse the dollar's long-term bear market." You can
find Turk's analysis in the "Founder's Commentary"

G7 send IMF back to the drawing board on using gold for debt relief

Section: Daily Dispatches

Russia Ends De-Facto Dollar Peg
and Moves to Align Rouble with Euro

By Steve Johnson
Financial Times
Saturday, February 5, 2005

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/cb1cd3e0-771b-11d9-b897-00000e2511c8.html

LONDON -- Russia said yesterday it had abandoned efforts
to tie the rouble's movement closely to the dollar and

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