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NY Fed's 'Mr. Inside' Dudley Flapping His Gums

By John Crudele
New York Post
Wednesday, January 5, 2010

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/ny_fed_mr_inside_dudley_flapping_X...

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut.

Nick Barisheff: Irreversible upward pressure for gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

1p ET Friday, January 7, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bullion Management Group CEO Nick Barisheff's outlook for gold in the new year cites three key factors: central bank purchases, movement away from the U.S. dollar, and demand from China. His commentary is headlined "Gold Outlook 2011: Irreversible Upward Pressures and the China Effect" and you can find it at Business Insider here:

Buyers facing down the silver shorts, Turk tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:20a ET Friday, January 7, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Peter Brimelow: Gold is pole-axed but bugs (and others) are calm

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By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Thursday, January 6, 2011

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-pole-axed-but-bugs-and-others-calm...

NEW YORK -- Gold gets pole-axed, but the radical gold bugs, and even some more orthodox observers, remain calmly confident.

Kansas City Fed president calls gold standard 'very legitimate'

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7044L620110105

KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- A gold standard that forces countries to back their currency reserves with bullion is a "legitimate" monetary system, though it would not prevent financial crises, Kansas City Federal Reserve President Thomas Hoenig said on Wednesday.

Brazil says it won't let U.S. 'melt the dollar'

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Robin Yapp
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/8241635/Brazil-pledges-to-st...

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazil has sounded a new note of warning in the international "currency war" by pledging not to allow the United States to "melt the dollar."

World food price index hits record high

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Catherine Hornby
Reuters
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE7040LX20110105

ROME -- Global food prices rose in December, with the FAO Food Price Index at a record high, the U.N Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday, past 2008 highs when rising food prices sparked riots in a number of countries.

Sprott fund found it hard to get silver, Embry tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:36p ET Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Alasdair Macleod: This is the year money starts to die

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:20p ET Wednesday, January 5, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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