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After Venezuela, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands prudently repatriated a substantial portion (if not all) of their physical gold held at the NY Fed or other western central banks in recent years, one month ago Turkey announced that it too has decided to repatriate its gold stored in the US Federal Reserve and deliver it to the Istanbul Stock Exchange . . . .

How can we map the global economy between now and the middle of the century? . . . .

It looks to be another boom year for gold. Investors are anticipating a continued demand for the precious metal for the fifth year in a row . . . .

The low interest rate economy has meant that good conservative investments have been few and far between . . . .

The combined purchases by Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan accounted for nearly 50% of the overall net gold purchases . . . .

Turkish gold imports surged due to a sharp increase in investment demand as well as renewed Central bank purchases . . . .

Iran’s gold demand will probably be “strong” for the next few months and then gradually decline as U.S. sanctions start to take effect, according to the researcher who covers the country for Metals Focus Ltd . . . .

The past few months have seen some unusual, maybe even unique, developments in the gold and silver futures markets, with gold becoming extremely bearish and silver almost ridiculously bullish . . . .

A commodity bull market is forming and gold has a big part to play, according to one Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) strategist . . . .

Gold has traded in a drifting rectangle pattern for most of this year . . . .