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"It's the first time I've bought it": the banking crisis causes a new gold rush

4/7/2023, 4:57:52 PM


SURVEY – The price of the yellow metal is close to 2000 dollars an ounce. A record level that encourages many worried individuals to take the plunge.

Gold plays its role as a safe haven more than ever.

And in specialist shops, coins, ingots and ingots are once again a hit with individuals.

In one month, the price of gold jumped by nearly 10%.

A rare event for the yellow metal, whose price now stands at around 2,000 dollars an ounce (1,850 euros), a historic level.

I'm not rich but I want to invest in a little gold

,” says Thierry, at the counter of one of the many shops on rue Vivienne, a historic gold artery in Paris.

He just bought...

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