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Central banks are already doing the unthinkable -- you just don't know it

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Central Banks Are Already Doing the Unthinkable -- You Just Don't Know It

By Mehreen Khan
The Telegraph, London
Saturday, March 19, 2016

The lords of finance are losing their touch.

MarketWatch can report market-rigging rumor, so why not market-rigging fact?

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:20p ET Saturday, March 19, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MarketWatch tonight produces a true wonder of financial journalism. It's a story acknowledging a rumor about "conspiracy theory" involving central banks, a rumor that MarketWatch blithely declines to investigate by questioning any central banker.

Indian jewellers calls off strike; gold imports to rise

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rajendra Jadhav
Reuters
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Indian jewellers called off a 19-day strike late today after the government assured them they will not be "harassed" by the excise department in collecting a new tax, the head of a trade body told Reuters.

Here's why surging gold miner stocks may still be bargains

Section: Daily Dispatches

Luzi-Ann Javier
Bloomberg News
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Gold-mining companies that are seeing their shares surge the most in decades are still cheap, based on historic measures of their reserves.

ECB's bazooka has not run out of ammunition, chief economist says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Szu Ping Chan
The Telegraph, London
Friday, March 18, 2016

The European Central Bank is prepared to slash interest rates deeper into negative territory if the economic outlook deteriorates, according to its chief economist.

India's gold paperizing scheme strains for its fourth tonne of metal

Section: Daily Dispatches

Mumbai's Siddhivinayak Temple to Mobilize Gold as India Scrambles to Cut Imports

By Rajendra Jadhav, Sankalp Phartiyal, Neha Dasgupta, and Krishna N. Das
Reuters
Friday, March 18, 2016

Financial letter writer, mining investor Ian McAvity dies

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:53a ET Friday, March 18, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Toronto-based financial letter writer and mining industry investor and executive Ian McAvity died this week, according to an announcement by Duncan Park Holdings Corp., which he served as president and chief executive officer:

Alasdair Macleod: The European Central Bank and John Law

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Last week the European Central Bank extended its monetary madness, pushing deposit rates further into negative figures.

Ronan Manly: Venezuela's gold keeps moving to Switzerland

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:20p ET Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Venezuela continues to ship its gold reserves to Switzerland as part of gold swap arrangements to finance the Venezuelan government, gold researcher Ronan Manly reports today, with 12 1/2 tonnes sent via Paris on March 8. Manly's report is posted at Bullion Star here:

Imagine how much they'd save if they NEVER went back to work

Section: Daily Dispatches

Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis

By Andrew Rosati
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Venezuela is shutting down for a week as the government struggles with a deepening electricity crisis.

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