RE: Question28 Oct 2021 13:57
Afternoon Speedy - hope you are well?
You know I have to respond to this...;)
Last....first: When The Weimar Republic had to pay back the cost of its WW1, it is the way they went about it that led to the collapse of the Mark.
I think you cannot consider this in your argument because we are not at war. If we were, the last thing on anyone's mind would be a phone call to the bank to sell off one's gold.
You know, I know....we all know that a miniscule fraction of the public "hold gold". They have no need to because for as long as they can recall (ie: 1945), the threat to the nation no longer existed. The question nearly every person must be asking is: is there an existential threat to the well being of the individual and their relatives in the foreseeable future? Of course there isn't, so why would anyone 'hoard' gold? If the answer to the above was...yes there is another global threat imminent (war/pestilence/climate), the last thing on their list of things to do would be: buy gold.
Buying and dealing in gold (I would respectfully suggest) is the preserve of the rich and the sophisticated investor. It doesn't register with the proletariat one jot.
If anyone has to ring the bank to sell some of their gold reserves to survive financially, I would suggest the country would be worried about far bigger issues, don't you think.
By all means hedge against inflation, circumvent market disasters, but don't 'panic' people into thinking they must buy gold to survive........
They'll be hoarding food tins next.......ooops!
Z