maybe thats why the CCB wants to bulk up on their gold bullion holdings which if paid for in $dollars would lighten up their dollar holdings at the same time, and maybe avoid any losses from an impending free fall in the value of the US $ / $ index due to Hank & Ben's financial market manipulations to help out the banksters instead of John Q. Public. lower gold production and a falling dollar.....................sooner or later gold has got to react