Measuring Gold Demand

The World Gold Council asserts that gold demand fell 4% in 2012. Can you spot the fallacy?

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samiam says:

February 15, 2013 at 03:41

Well, let’s see….central banks flipped from sellers to buyers in the last three years, even as price has risen. A record amount of money was spent on gold in 2012. A small decrease in total tonnage purchased. Couldn’t be that supply is getting tighter…. Yep, global demand is down.

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February 16, 2013 at 04:55

By the way, Keith, my quip “Yep, global demand is down” was intended as a bit of sarcasm toward the article.

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Monetary Metals® operates the Gold Yield Marketplace™, a financial services platform enabling investors to earn a Yield on Gold, Paid in Gold® while providing gold-based financing to precious metals businesses worldwide. Unlike traditional gold companies that buy or sell gold for dollar gains, Monetary Metals unlocks the productivity of gold by matching investors who hold precious metals with qualified businesses—including mints, refiners, jewelry manufacturers, and miners—that use gold productively. Through Gold Leases and Gold Bonds, investors earn interest paid in physical ounces rather than fiat currency, allowing their gold holdings to compound over time with no storage fees.

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Keith Weiner	Founder, CEO & Chairman	Keith Weiner is a serial entrepreneur and leading authority in gold, money, and credit. He founded DiamondWare (sold to Nortel in 2008) before establishing Monetary Metals. He earned his PhD from the New Austrian School of Economics and serves as President of the Gold Standard Institute USA. His work was instrumental in passing Arizona's gold legal tender laws in 2017.
Keith Weiner	Founder, CEO & Chairman	Keith Weiner is a serial entrepreneur and leading authority in gold, money, and credit. He founded DiamondWare (sold to Nortel in 2008) before establishing Monetary Metals. He earned his PhD from the New Austrian School of Economics and serves as President of the Gold Standard Institute USA. His work was instrumental in passing Arizona's gold legal tender laws in 2017.

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