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Gold Demand Trends Q3 2013
Sectors: Supply, Recycling, Demand, Jewellery, Investment, Technology, Central banks/official inst.
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Gold Demand Trends Q2 2013
Sectors: Supply, Recycling, Demand, Jewellery, Investment, Technology, Central banks/official inst.
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Gold Demand Trends Q1 2013
Sectors: Supply, Demand, Investment, Jewellery, Central banks/official inst., Technology, Recycling
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Italy considers gold as an alternative to austerity
With a clear winner failing to emerge from the Italian elections in February 2013, the Italian political landscape has subsequently navigated an uncertain and challenging period. As a way forward has begun to emerge, it is clear that the new government faces several competing priorities.
Sectors: Investment, Central banks/official inst.
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Italy considers gold as an alternative to austerity - Infographic
Italian business leaders (92%) and citizens (85%) overwhelmingly agree that the nation’s gold reserves have an important and positive role to play in the country’s economic recovery.
Sectors: Investment, Central banks/official inst.
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Central bank diversification strategies – rebalancing from the dollar and the euro
A report by the World Gold Council, “Central bank diversification strategies – rebalancing from the dollar and the euro”, examines the growing trend of central banks’ actively looking to diversify their reserve portfolios.
Sectors: Central banks/official inst.
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Gold Demand Trends Q4 and Full Year 2012
Sectors: Supply, Demand, Investment, Jewellery, Central banks/official inst., Technology, Recycling
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An Introduction to Gold-Backed Bonds: an Alternative to Austerity - video
Across Europe, economic growth is faltering and in many Eurozone countries, sovereign debt yields are dangerously high.
The World Gold Council has been exploring ways that Eurozone Member States could use their gold reserves to help bring down the cost of borrowing.
We believe that using a portion of a nation's gold reserves to back sovereign debt would lower sovereign debt yields and give some of the Eurozone's most distressed countries time to work on economic reform and recovery.
The following video explores why such a measure could offer an alternative to austerity for the Eurozone.
Sectors: Investment, Central banks/official inst.
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Gold-backed bonds - Professor Ansgar Belke - video
Natalie Dempster, Director of Government Affairs, World Gold Council, discusses gold-backed bonds with Professor Ansgar Belke.
Sectors: Central banks/official inst.
