Rising gold price got you down? Call the BIS at 1-800-RIG-MKTS

Rising gold price got you down? Call the BIS at 1-800-RIG-MKTS

In a 24-page brochure prepared by the Bank for International Settlements to introduce itself to prospective members at a seminar at BIS headquarters in Basel, Switzerland in June 2008. The brochure includes an advertisement for the gold market-rigging services provided by the BIS to its 50 or so member central banks. Page 17 of the brochure touts "Our Products," including "Gold & Forex Services -- Interventions."

No surprises here, dear reader.  This showed up in a GATA release yesterday...and needless to say, it's a must read...and the link is here.