Central Bank gold sales seen at 500 t in ‘07/08
Written by Allan Seccombe
Published on Wed, 27 Feb 2008
Source: http://www.miningmx.com/gold_silver/985210.htm
[miningmx.com] — CENTRAL Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA) sales could reach 500 tonnes in the 2007/08 year, while sales for the following year are forecast to be a whole lot lower, but the IMF could be a surprise [...]

Gold futures rebound as dollar drops
By Nick Godt, MarketWatch
Last update: 2:44 p.m. EST Feb. 26, 2008
Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gold-futures-rebound-dollar-drops/story.aspx?guid=%7B333505AC%2D4F02%2D4071%2DA07D%2DB9B2CD73F1C8%7D
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures reversed earlier losses on Tuesday, as the dollar fell against major counterparts on bleak U.S. economic data, while traders reconsidered the importance of an expected sale of gold reserves by the International Monetary [...]

Gold dehedging to slow this year - Fortis report
Reporting by Atul Prakash, editing by Chris Johnson
Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:49pm GMT
Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/allBreakingNews/idUKL2674261020080226?rpc=401&=undefined&sp=true&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Mining companies are expected to reduce their gold hedging positions by 6-8 million ounces in 2008, against a decline of 13.5 million last year, a report sponsored by Fortis [...]

Gold Falls as U.S. Pledges Support for Some IMF Bullion Sales
By Pham-Duy Nguyen
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601012&sid=akBWsp0Vj6RQ&refer=commodities
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — Gold fell the most in almost two weeks after the U.S. said it would back “limited” sales of bullion reserves by the International Monetary Fund, the third- largest holder of the precious metal.
Some of the IMF’s $98 billion [...]

Going for gold - the smart way
How does one invest in gold? QUAH CHIN CHIN lists the various options
available, but also sounds a cautionary note about entering the market now
AN ANCIENT Chinese saying claims that “with gold, anything is possible”. Indeed, men have always been fascinated with gold – the most glamorised and sought-after precious [...]

Stagflation Hits Singapore as Inequity Grows
Commentary by Andy Mukherjee
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aZM2OxYMU7f8&refer=home

Photo by: Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg News
Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — Stagflation has come to Singapore.
The entire focus of the government’s annual budget, announced Feb. 15, was on dealing with the perils of slowing growth and accelerating inflation, a deadly combination as less fiscally robust governments than Singapore’s may [...]