61. The Swiss comments heightened concern among gold traders that central banks around the world could unleash a wave of gold sales. 62. The Swiss comments heightened concerns among gold traders and investors that central banks around the world could unleash a further wave of gold sales. 63. The Swiss comments heightened concern among gold traders that central banks around the world may unleash a wave of gold sales. 64. The United Kingdom had been pushing for the gold sale. 65. This is so despite explanations by some analysts focusing on the effects of planned gold sales by the Bank of England and others. 66. And growth here has always depended on foreign exchange from gold sales, Warren Krafchik, an economist for the Institute for Democracy in South Africa. 67. Gold sales have helped reduce national deficits to levels required to adopt the currency, the euro. 68. Gold prices fell again on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange as traders positioned themselves ahead of the last of five scheduled United Kingdom gold sales. 69. He said the administration would not commit any additional U.S. funds to debt relief until the gold sale was approved. 70. Industry sources said they were aware of the gold sales. |