Paul Craig Roberts - Fed Desperate To Avoid Collapse; Suppressing Gold

`` if the demand for physical possession is strong, why would you short gold in the paper market, unless you are trying to hold down the rise of its price?  When the price of gold hit $1,900 a year or two ago it told the Fed that they can't fix the price of bonds if the world perceives the dollar deteriorating at such a rapid rate in terms of the price of precious metals.  ''