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Research firm Rhodium Group estimates that in the first five months of this year Chinese acquisitions and investments into America amounted to just $1.8 billion, off 92 per cent since this time last year, CNBC reports . . . .

With China’s strong economic growth in the first quarter of this year, jewelry demand in that country also increased, but platinum jeweler demand lagged behind other jewelry segments owing to a lack in innovative product and market-wide marketing support, says Platinum Guild International . . . .

There is a quiet revolution taking place in the monetary vacuum that’s developing on the back of the erosion of the dollar’s hegemony . . . .

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 . . . .

Led by China, the global gold market has moved from the West to the East, the CEO of the World Gold Council, Aram Shishmanian, told an industry forum on April 19 . . . .

The U.S. trade deficit increased to a near 9-1/2-year high in February as both exports and imports rose to record highs, but the shortfall with China narrowed sharply . . . .

This week was certainly ripe with major events, each of which has had a direct and immediate impact on gold. However, it was the escalation of trade tariffs proposed by President Trump this week that sent gold prices dramatically higher and equity pricing to its lowest level since November 2017 . . . .

China is first out of the blocks in the global race to secure raw material supplies critical for the batteries that will power the electric vehicles of the future . . . .

Russian Central Bank Gold Reserves Rise to 1,857 Tons in January . . . .

Arguably Chinese gold demand, which remains high according to almost all accounts, tends to be a stabilising influence on the gold price with the twice-daily Shanghai fixes having their own impact is steadying price rises and falls . . . .