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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (125742)5/30/2001 7:50:10 PM
From: craig crawford  Read Replies (1) of 164685
 
05/30 16:23
Gold Has Biggest Drop in 1 1/2 Years on Selling by Speculators
By Claudia Carpenter
quote.bloomberg.com

(excerpts)
New York, May 30 (Bloomberg) -- Gold had its biggest loss in 1 1/2 years on
selling by speculators whose purchases sparked a rally to a 15-month high.

Jeweler Inventories

The cost of borrowing gold for one-month, at 2.08 percent on an annual basis,
has doubled in the past three months. That's also discouraged some jewelers
from replenishing inventories with borrowed gold.

Michael Anthony Jewelers Inc., the biggest gold jewelry manufacturer in the
U.S., has slowed such borrowing as lease rates rose.

The gold supply held by the Mount Vernon, New York-based manufacturer has
dropped 10 percent in the past year to 180,000 ounces, said Allan Corn, the
company's chief financial officer.

``Higher lease rates have definitely made us look much more carefully at our
inventory,'' he said.

Gold has lost a third of its value since 1996, as sales of bullion by central banks
added metal to the market at a time when tame inflation gave investors little
reason to buy.
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