Here's another take on why gold prices are being suppressed..."The price is being suppressed until China gets the gold that they need. Once China gets the right amount of gold, then the cap on gold’s price can come off. At that point, it doesn’t matter where gold goes because all the major countries will be in the same boat. As of right now, however, they’re not, so China has though to catch-up." http://dailyreckoning.com/u-s-helping-china-accumulate-gold/