Charted: 30 Years of Central Bank Gold Demand
by Elements / Visual Capitalist
The SP500 in gold terms has gone nowhere since 2017 + it’s hard to ignore this massive head and shoulders taking shape.
Source: Tavi Costa, Bloomberg
Global gold Production
Source: Barchart, Visual Capitalist
This is how store of values perform against a collapsing fiat currency...
Source: Trading view
China is buying/importing gold like there is no tomorrow
Source: Willem Middelkoop
Gold Trading Volume in China has exploded to 5x the average in 2023...
Source: FT, Barchart
China has quietly accumulated large quantities of gold for 17 straight months – to the tune of 72.7 MILLION ounces (about 2,250 tonnes).
Despite its rise as an economic power, China’s vast reserves are predominantly in USD, an exposure it aims to minimize. To reduce this reliance, the People’s Bank of China is diversifying by increasing its gold holdings. Since 2011, China has decreased its dollar reserves by a third, down to approximately $800 billion. Meanwhile, China’s gold reserves have skyrocketed. China’s economic strategy involves diversifying away from the US dollar, which dominates global trade and commodity pricing. Source: Katusa Research
Gold rallied strongly again yesterday, disregarding entirely the significant reversal seen on Friday.
Meanwhile, the $GLD ETF is still facing significant outflows on a 2-year basis of nearly 45%. Source: Tavi Costa, Bloomberg
