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Jaco Schipper: Why the allocated status of the ECB's gold is so important

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4:42p ET Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend the Dutch economist Jaco Schipper, who four years ago discovered the acknowledgement by a former president of the Bank for International Settlements that the gold market long had been rigged by central banks at the behest of the United States --

http://www.gata.org/node/11304

Epoch Times interviews Willem Middelkoop on China's gold strategy

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10:47a ET Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Koos Jansen: Shanghai Gold Exchange resumes publishing withdrawal data

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9:55a ET Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Embry: Many expect another smash but gold still may be cheaper than ever

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7:53p ET Monday, March 7, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

South Africa gold firms get lift from weak rand, but risks lurk

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By Ed Stoddard
Reuters
Monday, March 7, 2016

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A sinking rand has sparked a buying spree and rerating of South African gold mining shares which have doubled in value in 2016, but the volatile currency is a double-edged sword that could cut the gains back down to size.

ECB starts reporting unallocated gold, but is it the whole story?

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:35p ET Monday, March 7, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend the Dutch economist Jaco Schipper reports an increase in transparency about gold in the monthly reserve asset reports of the European Central Bank.

China boosts gold hoard by smallest amount since at least July

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By Ranjeetha Pakiam
Bloomberg News
Monday, March 7, 2016

China raised its central bank gold reserves by the smallest amount since the nation started disclosing monthly increases last year.

BlackRock gold fund resumed issuing shares too soon, faces penalties

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By Trevor Hunnicutt
Reuters
Monday, March 7, 2016

http://www.reuters.com/article/blackrock-gold-etf-idUSWNAB0A9UQ

NEW YORK -- BlackRock issued 25 million shares of the iShares Gold Trust (IAU) before they were officially registered with securities regulators, and the fund "may become subject to penalties" by securities regulators, the fund manager said in a regulatory filing today.

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