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Marcus Grubb, Managing Director Investment, talks through the findings from the Q1 2013 Gold Demand Trends report.
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Latest Issue: Gold Demand Trends Q1 2013

16 May, 2013

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The World Gold Council's Gold Demand Trends (GDT) is the leading industry resource for data and opinion on world-wide gold demand. Our quarterly publication examines demand trends by sector and geography. The most recent review of the first quarter of 2013 comprises three sections:

Executive summary:
Key findings for first quarter 2013 examined by sector and region.

Global Gold Market: First quarter 2013 review

• Jewellery: Fourth quarter recovery in the jewellery sector continued into the first quarter of this year.
• Investment: The decline in investment demand relative to Q1 2012 was solely attributable to the net outflows from ETFs, which obscured the strong rise in investment for gold bars and coins at the retail level.
• Technology: Technology demand has been broadly stable, holding around 100 tonnes, over the last six quarters.
• Central Banks: Central banks added 109.2t of gold to their reserves in Q1 2013, the ninth consecutive quarter of net purchases.
• Supply: At 1,051.6t, total gold supply was little changed from first quarter of 2012

Gold demand statistics:
Latest statistics on gold’s global supply and demand. View Q1 2013 Gold statistics.

 Please note that Gold Demand Trends was not published between Q1 and Q4 2003 (inclusive).

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