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"The idea that pervasive manipulation, or attempted manipulation [of interest rates], is so widespread should make us all query the veracity of the other key marks," said CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton at a Feb. 26 roundtable in Washington on financial benchmarks. "What about energy, swaps, the gold and silver fixes in London and the whole litany of 'bors'?" he said, referring to Libor, Euribor and other benchmarks.
D'apres le commissaire du CFTC Bart Chilton, Le fait que les rumeurs sur d'eventuelles manipulations soient aussi rependues doit nous pousser a remettre en question la credibilité de tout les autres indicateurs tels que le fixing de l'or et de l'argent.

The daily gold fix has always been known as the fix.
One wonders if this is a diversion from the real manipulation on the world paper exchanges by the paper 24 hours fixers.
On peut se demander s il ne sagit pas la d une diversion de la part des auteurs de la manipulation

GATA has its own views on the factors driving the gold price and the influence of gold market participants. The World Gold Council respects the right of GATA to hold these views but does not share them.