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CHICAGO, May 6 (Reuters) -- St. Louis Federal Reserve
President William Poole on Thursday called for the
elimination of government lines of credit to mortgage
finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce
risks to the U.S. financial system in the event of a

By Sprott Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Business Report, South Africa
Sunday, May 2, 2004
www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=422083

1. Global currency debasement. The US dollar is
fundamentally and technically very weak and could
fall dramatically. However, other countries are very
reluctant to see their currencies appreciate and are
resisting the fall of the dollar. We should therefore

6:47p ET Friday, May 7, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant Reginald H. Howe, proprietor of
GoldenSextant.com, has made improvements at his
Internet site and has added the full text of
the March 1982 report of the U.S. Gold
Commission.

Howe prefaces the report with an insightful
commentary of his own, remarking, in part:

"Today, with gold long since banished to the

8:45p ET Friday, May 7, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The previous dispatch about the GoldenSextant
Internet site should have noted that it is now
a joint effort of Reg Howe and another GATA
consultant, Robert K. Landis, who may be best
loved in the precious metals world for his
research into the hedge book of Barrick Gold.
Much of the material quoted in the previous
dispatch was actually Landis' work.