Fresh demand: A shop assistant displays gold products at a jewellery store in Beijing. Younger people are increasingly keen to buy gold as a safe investment. — AFP
New York: Last week’s gold rush may have been triggered by bets on the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) long-anticipated pivot to looser monetary policy, but the foundations for the record rally were laid in China.
After months of mostly treading water, the gold market suddenly sprang to life last Friday. Prices breached December’s record last Tuesday and have jumped to successive daily highs ever since.
