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This comprises all of the above plus South Korea, Indonesia, Australia and the EU, but not Egypt.
BBC: James Landale's G8 diary
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Late last year America quietly started informal meetings with a group made up of the G7 club of rich economies plus Australia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
ECONOMIST: Sanctions on Iran
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Analysts also said gold is underpinned by ongoing European debt issues, a continuation of central-bank buying after Bank of Korea purchases, plus still-soft U.S. economic data that means continued loose monetary policy and perhaps even more stimulus.
FORBES: Gold Underpinned By Downgrade Worries, Economy, European Debt Issues, Central-Bank Buying