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On 28 November 2018, the chairman of the Federal Reserve (Fed) said that “Interest rates are still low by historical standards, and they remain just below the broad range of estimates of the level that would be neutral for the economy — that is, neither speeding up nor slowing down growth” . . . .

I last wrote an article on Friday November 9th as the Dow Jones closed with a value of -3.13% in the BEV chart below . . . .

GOLD PRICES jumped on Monday as the US Dollar retreated on news of a "ceasefire" in the US-China trade war, agreed at this weekend's G20 summit of world leaders in Argentina, writes Atsuko Whitehouse at BullionVault . . . .

Central banks around the world are increasing their gold reserves at an incredible pace . . . .

In the first six months of the year (H1), central banks increased their gold holdings by 27% or 191 tonnes in comparison to the same period a year ago . . . .

Global debt increased at the fastest rate at the beginning of 2018 . . . .

It’s an unfortunate historical anomaly that people think about the paper in their wallets as money . . . .

Gold prices rose on Wednesday on the back of further speculation that the Federal Reserve may take a less aggressive stance on policy tightening, while tension over trade issues between the U.S. and China continued to provide support for the precious metal . . . .

As a global attempt to cut back on pollution is causing an increase in palladium demand, tight supplies are pushing the precious metal into a bull market . . . .

London’s gold market owned up to the biggest secret in bullion: it’s not as big as some thought . . . .