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Jim Rickards provides the best summary of gold price manipulation

Section: Documentation

9:17p ET Monday, May 14, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his latest book, "The New Case for Gold," fund manager, geopolitical analyst, and financial letter writer James G. Rickards may have summarized the international gold price suppression scheme better than anyone, including GATA itself.

Chris Powell: Gold market manipulation update, April 2018

Section: Documentation

Gold Market Manipulation Update

Remarks by Chris Powell
Secretary/Treasurer, Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

Mining Investment Asia Conference
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Mines and Money Asia Conference
Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre
Wednesday, April 4, 2018

The slides for this presentation are posted here:

What are all those monetary metals derivatives held by a few big U.S. banks?

Section: Documentation

11:03p ICT Sunday, March 11, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Robert Lambourne: Use of gold derivatives by BIS declines by 55 tonnes in February

Section: Documentation

By Robert Lambourne
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

The Bank for International Settlements reduced its use of gold swaps and other gold-related derivatives during February, according to the bank's statement of account for the month:

https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc180228.pdf

This decrease follows a large increase in the bank's gold swaps in January.

Robert Lambourne: Gold market intervention by BIS increased substantially in January

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By Robert Lambourne
Tuesday, February 13, 2018

The Bank for International Settlements substantially increased its use of gold swaps and other gold-related derivatives during January, according to the bank's statement of account for the month:

https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc180131.pdf

Robert Lambourne: BIS gold derivatives fall in December but remain hefty

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The bank still fails to explain its activity in the gold market.

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By Robert Lambourne

Disclosures in the December 2017 statement of account published by the Bank for International Settlements --

https://www.bis.org/banking/balsheet/statofacc171231.pdf

U.S. authorities charge three banks, eight individuals in futures 'spoofing' probe

Section: Documentation

By Michelle Price
Reuters
Monday, January 30, 2018

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department and the country's derivatives regulator said on Monday they had filed civil and criminal charges against three European banks, which paid $46.6 million to settle the cases, and eight individuals for alleged manipulation in U.S. futures and commodities markets.

TF Metals Report: How will the deniers of gold market rigging explain this?

Section: Documentation

2:26p ET Monday, January 29, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The TF Metals Report today wonders what excuses will be made by deniers of monetary metals market manipulation now that three investment banks -- Deutsche Bank, UBS, and HSBC -- have been fined millions of dollars by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for manipulating the futures markets in the monetary metals.

Futures exchange operator details discounts for secret trading by central banks

Section: Documentation

1:11p ET Sunday, January 21, 2018

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Central banks and governments that are secretly trading futures contracts in the United States on CME Group exchanges qualify for discounts ranging from 7 percent for two-year U.S. Treasury futures to 15 percent for gold and silver futures to 60 percent for Eurodollar futures.

New York Fed official celebrates a century of market rigging

Section: Documentation

2:32p ET Thursday, January 20, 2018

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