Many in the precious metals community agree. Including Alasdair Macleod, who recentlyreleased a report following up on Eric’s letter. Alasdair, breaks down the numbers and shows exactly how wrong the World Gold Council is. The difference is extreme.
Using the WGC numbers, the predicted annualised importation of gold into China will equal 1,091.5 tonnes of gold. Alasdair, in contrast uses the information released by the Chinese government. The number he comes up with is quite different. For the first nine months of this years (according to the hard facts) China has imported a total of 2,130.7, or 2,841 tonnes annualised. A 1,749.5 tonne difference!
Supporting Alasdairs numbers, is the world’s largest jewellery group, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. which saw sales jump by 49% in the first half of this year!
The question many in the precious metals community have is why does the WGC continue to downplay the demand for precious metals? Why do they continue to release low quality reports that use inferior data? Perhaps this is simply more MOPE?
- Source, Sprott Money blog:
