{"id":2467,"date":"2011-11-30T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2011-11-30T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T20:13:02","slug":"china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG \u2014 Faced with an economy that appears to be slowing faster than economists forecast even a month ago, the Chinese government on Wednesday unexpectedly reversed its yearlong move toward tighter monetary policy and took an important step to encourage banks to resume lending.<\/p>\n<p>The central bank said that commercial banks would be allowed to keep a slightly lower percentage [0.5pc] of their deposits as reserves at the central bank. The change, which will take effect on Monday, means that commercial banks will have more money to lend, which could help to rekindle economic growth and a slumping real estate market.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/01\/business\/global\/china-reverses-economic-policy.html?_r=1'>China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG \u2014 Faced with an economy that appears to be slowing faster than economists forecast even a month ago, the Chinese government on Wednesday unexpectedly reversed its yearlong move toward tighter monetary policy and took an important step to encourage banks to resume lending. The central bank said that commercial banks would be allowed &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[381,457,623,2922],"class_list":["post-2467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china-hk","tag-banks","tag-boc","tag-central-bank","tag-reserve-ratio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending - NYTimes.com - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending - NYTimes.com - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HONG KONG \u2014 Faced with an economy that appears to be slowing faster than economists forecast even a month ago, the Chinese government on Wednesday unexpectedly reversed its yearlong move toward tighter monetary policy and took an important step to encourage banks to resume lending. The central bank said that commercial banks would be allowed &hellip; Continue reading &quot;China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-11-30T20:13:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ColinTwiggs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ColinTwiggs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ColinTwiggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5\"},\"headline\":\"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-30T20:13:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/\"},\"wordCount\":128,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"banks\",\"BOC\",\"central bank\",\"reserve ratio\"],\"articleSection\":[\"China &amp; HK\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/\",\"name\":\"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending - NYTimes.com - the patient investor\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-30T20:13:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Patient Investor\",\"description\":\"Smart. Strategic. Unfiltered. \",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colin_thepatientinvestor\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5\",\"name\":\"ColinTwiggs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ColinTwiggs\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/author\/colin58s\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending - NYTimes.com - the patient investor","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending - NYTimes.com - the patient investor","og_description":"HONG KONG \u2014 Faced with an economy that appears to be slowing faster than economists forecast even a month ago, the Chinese government on Wednesday unexpectedly reversed its yearlong move toward tighter monetary policy and took an important step to encourage banks to resume lending. The central bank said that commercial banks would be allowed &hellip; Continue reading \"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com\"","og_url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/","og_site_name":"the patient investor","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810","article_published_time":"2011-11-30T20:13:02+00:00","author":"ColinTwiggs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ColinTwiggs","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/"},"author":{"name":"ColinTwiggs","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5"},"headline":"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com","datePublished":"2011-11-30T20:13:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/"},"wordCount":128,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["banks","BOC","central bank","reserve ratio"],"articleSection":["China &amp; HK"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/","name":"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending - NYTimes.com - the patient investor","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-11-30T20:13:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/30\/china-in-surprising-shift-takes-steps-to-spur-bank-lending-nytimes-com\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China, in Surprising Shift, Takes Steps to Spur Bank Lending &#8211; NYTimes.com"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/","name":"The Patient Investor","description":"Smart. Strategic. Unfiltered. ","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization","name":"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colin_thepatientinvestor"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5","name":"ColinTwiggs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ColinTwiggs"},"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/author\/colin58s\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tQ4n-DN","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3233,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/04\/bbc-news-which-are-the-eurozones-zombie-banks\/","url_meta":{"origin":2467,"position":0},"title":"BBC News &#8211; Which are the eurozone&#8217;s zombie banks?","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"January 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Banks are borrowing at 1% from the ECB and then lending the money back to the ECB at 0.25%. Or to put it another way, they are taking a substantial loss on their dealings with the central bank. Why on earth would they do this? Well, as I've said many\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Banks &amp; Interest Rates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Banks &amp; Interest Rates","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/economy\/the-fed-banks-interest-rates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1263,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/10\/china-buys-its-banks-macrobusiness-com-au\/","url_meta":{"origin":2467,"position":1},"title":"China buys its banks &#8211; macrobusiness.com.au","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"October 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Central Huijin Investment Ltd, an arm of China\u2019s sovereign wealth fund, bought shares in four major Chinese State-owned banks on the secondary market on Monday, the company told Xinhua. The four banks include the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), Bank of China (BOC)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;China &amp; HK&quot;","block_context":{"text":"China &amp; HK","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/china-hk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10459,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/07\/30\/shilling-big-banks-shift-to-lower-gear-the-big-picture\/","url_meta":{"origin":2467,"position":2},"title":"Shilling: Big Banks Shift to Lower Gear | The Big Picture","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"July 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Gary Shilling describes how US regulators are getting tough with big banks: Break-Up Like unscrambling an egg, it\u2019s hard to envision how big banks with many, many activities could be split up. But, of course, one of the arguments for doing so is they\u2019re too big and too complicated for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Banks &amp; Interest Rates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Banks &amp; Interest Rates","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/economy\/the-fed-banks-interest-rates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bank Price-to-Book Ratios","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d21uq3hx4esec9.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/newsletters\/Image_5_20140730_OTB.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d21uq3hx4esec9.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/newsletters\/Image_5_20140730_OTB.gif?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d21uq3hx4esec9.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/newsletters\/Image_5_20140730_OTB.gif?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6472,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/12\/13\/eu-deal-reached-on-bank-supervisor-wsj-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":2467,"position":3},"title":"EU Deal Reached on Bank Supervisor &#124; WSJ.com","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"December 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"GABRIELE STEINHAUSER And LAURENCE NORMAN at WSJ write: European Union finance ministers reached a landmark deal early Thursday that would bring many of the continent's banks under a single supervisor, in what governments hope will be a major step toward resolving their three-year-old debt crisis. Ministers said the European Central\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Banks &amp; Interest Rates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Banks &amp; Interest Rates","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/economy\/the-fed-banks-interest-rates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22587,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/11\/low-interest-rates-no-free-lunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":2467,"position":4},"title":"Low interest rates: No free lunch","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"November 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Total assets of commercial banks in the US spiked up by $2.5 trillion (T) in the three months ending April 2020. Since then, total assets have contracted slightly (-$117bn) but, while total assets have hardly changed, this hides some far sharper changes in the composition. Consumers Consumer loans fell sharply\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Banks &amp; Interest Rates&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Banks &amp; Interest Rates","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/economy\/the-fed-banks-interest-rates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":40679,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/gold-rises-on-central-bank-purchases\/","url_meta":{"origin":2467,"position":5},"title":"Gold Rises on Central Bank Purchases","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"February 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Demand for gold is rising, reaching 1,337 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2022. The primary reason is an uplift in central bank purchases, exceeding 400 tonnes in each of the last two quarters. Economist Daniel Lacalle attributes the increase to central banks moving to protect their balance sheets from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gold &amp; Precious Metals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gold &amp; Precious Metals","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/gold-commodities\/gold-precious-metals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Gold: Central Bank Purchases","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2023\/2023-01-31-gold-cb.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2023\/2023-01-31-gold-cb.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2023\/2023-01-31-gold-cb.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}