Central banks have engaged in notable amounts of gold purchasing in recent years.
In 2022, their buying level reached its highest point since 1950, with banks ultimately obtaining 152% more gold than in 2021. In 2023, the “breakneck pace” of central bank buying resulted in the second-largest amount of annual gold purchases on record, according to the World Gold Council.
Its quarterly data showed that buying continued in the first quarter of 2024; 10 central banks that possessed...