“Although the price of gold remains weak, retail investors and industries continue to pay a premium to buy the physical metal now. What appears to be occurring is gold is moving from weak hands, ETF holders and etc, to strong holders, that is physical holders. On Tuesday, one-month lease rates for gold hit a four-year high and rose to 0.3%. The lease rate is important because it in an indication of industry demand. Jewelry stores will borrow gold, which is backed by the future sales of their products. Mining companies will also borrow gold at the lease rate and then pay back the loan with future production.”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/rising-lease-rates-show-demand-for.html
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