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A review of China's gold market in 2020
2020 has been a memorable year for China’s economy and its gold market.
Sectors: Market insights
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Gold Outlook 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic raised uncertainty by both compounding existing risks while creating new ones. But by the end of last year, investors were optimistic that the worst was over.
Sectors: Market insights, Supply, Gold production, Recycling, Demand, Jewellery, Investment, Technology, Central banks/official inst.
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The relevance of gold as a strategic asset 2020 - Russia edition
Gold benefits from diverse sources of demand: as an investment, a reserve asset, a luxury good and a technology component. It is highly liquid, no one’s liability, carries no credit risk, and is scarce, historically preserving its value over time.
Sectors: Market insights, Investment
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Gold loans help India weather the COVID-19 storm
Demand for gold loans, both through banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) has grown in response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sectors: Market insights, Demand, Investment
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Chinese commercial banks’ retail gold businesses in focus
China’s physical gold investment market has come a long way since its liberalisation in 2004. Primarily driven by the strong economy, retail physical gold investment demand in mainland China has surged by nearly 17 times in the past 16 years, accounting for nearly one third of the world’s total annual bar and coin demand in 2019.
Sectors: Market insights, Investment, Central banks/official inst.
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Gold Demand Trends Q3 2020
Strong growth in global investment demand for gold in Q3 partly offset weakness elsewhere as COVID-19 remained in the driving seat.
Sectors: Market insights, Supply, Gold production, Recycling, Demand, Jewellery, Investment, Technology, Central banks/official inst.
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Gold deposit rates - a guidance paper
In this paper, we seek to answer those questions by assessing how gold lease rates have been affected in the past through changes in the demand to borrow gold and the supply of gold available for lending.
Sectors: Market insights, Demand, Investment, Central banks/official inst.
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Gold Demand Trends Q2 2020
Record H1 inflows into gold-backed ETFs offset weakness in all other sectors of the market, with demand hit by the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.
Sectors: Market insights, Supply, Gold production, Recycling, Demand, Jewellery, Investment, Technology, Central banks/official inst.
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Online gold market in India
India has embraced online retailing across different categories. Digital and social activity plays an increasingly important part in the purchase journey for gold.
Sectors: Market insights, Demand
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Gold mid-year outlook 2020
Our new gold market outlook examines how the combination of high risk, low opportunity cost and positive price momentum looks set to support gold investment and offset weakness in consumption from an economic contraction.
Sectors: Market insights