Gold is the fiat anchor. The frame of reference.
When they manipulate gold, they manipulate the value of the whole fiat ring against real assets, which is of course why the gold manipulation is so important to the success of their now wholly fraudulent ponzi system.
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“No Longer Confined To The Lunatic Fringe”: SocGen Admits Markets Are Completely Manipulated
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/23/2015 – 07:07
“If in the short run, to paraphrase Benjamin Graham, equities are a voting machine, then it seems many of these votes are being coerced by interventionists.Central bankers the world over have become obsessed with asset prices, to the extent that the notion of central banks making outright purchases of equities is no longer confined to the lunatic fringe.”