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The World Gold Council holds a number of programs and conferences designed to deliver incisive, timely content to investors and other key audiences.
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Commentary on the gold market from the World Gold Council
“It has become increasingly clear over the course of the past week that the fall in the gold price was triggered by speculative traders operating in the futures markets. Their short-term view of generating a trading profit is in stark contrast to the views of long term investors in gold, as evidenced…
Italy looks to gold as an alternative to austerity
Italian business leaders (91%) 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, according to the first independent, nationwide poll of its kind since the recent Italian election in February 2013.
L’Italia guarda all’oro come un’alternativa all’austerity
Secondo il primo sondaggio indipendente, su scala nazionale, svolto dopo le elezioni italiane del Febbraio 2013, i dirigenti d’impresa (91%) ed i cittadini italiani in generale (85%) concordano, in larga maggioranza, sul fatto che le riserve auree del Paese possano giocare un ruolo importante e…
Central banks adding gold and alternative assets to diversify US dollar and euro reserves
A new 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. While the dollar is still the primary global currency, its long-…
2012 sees gold demand hit record value level
In value terms, gold demand in 2012 was US$236.4bn – an all-time high. Gold demand in value terms for the final quarter of the year was 6% higher year-on-year at US$66.2bn, marking the highest ever Q4 total.
