Asia Diary 4: Deere and doughnuts

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Inflation expectations are getting baked in–at least in the gold market

Inflation expectations are getting baked in–at least in the gold market

Typically, when gold prices rise, the demand for physical gold from the jewelry market falls. Buyers of gold for jewelry and the buyers of gold jewelry itself are traditionally very price sensitive. This is particularly true in India, the world’s largest market for gold jewelry and the source of one-eighth of global gold demand. Buyers there simply postpone purchases or buy less when prices rise. Except they’re not doing any such thing right now.