RE: Gold revaluation7 Nov 2022 09:29
I've just been reading about this so would very much welcome someone who is more educated to help me understand it. I might need fact checking also in case I've misinterpreted...
It seems there's a story here. In 1971, when the USA removed gold backing up the dollar, the EU didn't like it so they started building their gold reserves relative to their GDP, in case things went bad. In more recent years China and Russia started building up their reserves and there was talk of them considering their own reserve currency.
Anyway, the US have been a bit flagrant with their reserve status and have weaponised the dollar, massively printed and exported their inflation which is creating a lot of debt. If/when the debt gets out of hand a revaluation of gold could help eradicate a lot of that debt (assuming a balance of reserves within a region, like EU, Russia/China). If that were to happen the feeling is that gold is worth somewhere between $10,000 and $50,000 an ounce. Something like this could only happen if there was a global crash with countries struggling with debt. This would also create a scramble for gold thereby increasing the price further. 2023 is starting to look like it could be creating the conditions required for such an event and even the Dutch CB has already called for a revaluation. Gordon Brown kindly sold all our gold so our reserves are woeful.
What do people think?