China – “buying the dips”

Posted by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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“Hu Xiaolian, the vice-governor of the central bank, said Beijing would not buy gold indiscriminately.”

“However, officials in Beijing are aware that China’s $2.3 trillion reserves are now so enormous that the central bank cannot buy much gold without distorting the price, so they have adopted a de facto policy of buying in a calibrated fashion each time prices fall back to their rising trend line – “buying the dips” in trading parlance. Experts say that China is putting a floor under the gold price but does not chase rallies once they are under way.”

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