Einige Zahlen und Argumente, die u.a. auch die Befürchtungen von JIm Rogers -- hier kürzlich erörtert -- auf dramatische Rückgänge bei Goldkäufen in Indien entkräften. Diese würden nach seiner recht spekulativen Vermutung gemeinsam mit Verkäufen europäischer Zentralbank Goldbestände zu dramatischm Goldpreisabsturz ("Halbierung") führen....
„...Demand, which rose to a record in the first quarter, may gain to between 900 metric tons and 1,000 tons this year, from 769.8 tons in 2011, Albert Cheng, Far East managing director at the producer-funded group, said in an interview. Indian usage may drop to 800 tons to 900 tons, from 933.4 tons, he said....
“We are confident China will become the largest source of demand for gold this year,” Cheng said in Singapore, restating a council forecast made earlier in 2012. “Over the next two to five years, China and India will go neck to neck and may account for more than 50 percent of world demand.”
“Consumers will adjust to the changes over time,” Cheng said, adding that purchases in India are improving this month. “In India, people buy gold for cultural and religious reasons - - that won’t change.”
http://bloomberg.finanza.repub…CC4OES6I9M2IP47ML5BL4DEOP
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