Central bank buying of gold reached its highest levels for almost half a century last year as Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan boosted purchases to shift their reserves away from the US dollar.
MMs: They up the spread and buys are at higher price. Then they drop the spread & buys go at lower price thus making the shares to drop. We saw this at 10's 11's etc. The main thing is to top up or stay put. The shares below 14 will run out eventually.