Bullion

We are measured and surveyed around the clock, particularly regarding the facts of our economic lives — always of interest to companies trying to find a better way to sell us things. Yet there is at least one significant-seeming economic question with no reliable answer: How many Americans own gold? . . . .

During the 2008 financial crisis, gold was used in international settlements as a zero-risk asset after many decades of being sidelined in the monetary system. Since then the world’s central banks have been substantially increasing their official gold reserves . . . .

Do you believe all of the gold that is supposed to be at the Fort Knox bullion depository is there? Now would be a good time to ask President Donald Trump to open the vaults to the public as was done in 1974 when Gerald Ford was President . . . .

I have always considered sales of modern gold and silver bullion coins a bellwether on the general health of the global precious metals market . . . .

Analysts with Citi said that growth in demand for gold bars in China has outpaced the increase in jewelry-related consumption . . . .

Gold traded near a two-week high as the disarray engulfing Donald Trump’s White House boosted the commodity’s allure as a haven, with equities in retreat and investors scaling back the odds of the Federal Reserve tightening policy next month . . . .

Critically, this physical gold stored at both the Bank of England vaults and the commercial London vaults underpins the gargantuan trading volumes of the London Gold Market and the same market’s ‘liquidity’ . . . .

Gold is poised to rally to levels last seen four years ago, as rising inflation and negative real interest rates combine to boost demand, according to Incrementum AG, which says that the precious metal may be in the early stages of a bull market . . . .

Mock-up renderings of the mandated designs for a 2017 American Eagle $25 palladium bullion coin were reviewed March 16 by the Commission of Fine Arts . . . .

In just the past week, lawmakers in Idaho and Arizona have passed bills removing “Capital Gains Taxes” from gold and silver coins and bars . . . .