From vaults to verdicts: Central banks say it’s still gold’s time to shine
From vaults to verdicts: Central banks say it’s still gold’s time to shine

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According to the latest survey by the World Gold Council, 95% respondents expect gold reserves to rise in the next 12 months. This follows global central banks buying over 1,000 tonnes annually for the past three years, double the average from 2011 to 2021.

For years, the so-called financial wizards laughed at the Indian housewife’s fetish for gold. Economist John Maynard Keynes was no exception calling the yellow metal a ‘barbaric relic’. But the prudent Indian housewife showed the mirror to the financial veterans. Not only did the institutional investors have a new-found love for gold in recent years, the lords of the financial systems, those who print currencies that fill every wallet – the

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