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Think Gold is a Barbarous Relic? Think Again.

May 14th, 2009

With the current administration’s economic policies moving solidly ahead, everyone’s a Keynsian now. Right? It was John Maynard Keynes who remarked that the gold standard is a barbarous relic. Well maybe the “gold standard” is, but central banks around the globe clearly think gold itself may be somthing of high value (Europeans excepted).

Much of the region’s Central Bank’s gold that has so far been held in London may soon return to Dubai.

The new vaults of DMCC will be a home to the gold allocated to the Dubai Gold Securities (DGS) Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). The vault may also become a natural choice for storage of gold reserves by central banks in the regional market, analysts said. Read more…

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