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As Donald Trump shatters the global rules-based order, official institutions (and private investors) are scrambling to buy gold: the share of the asset in central banks’ reserves has doubled in the past decade to more than a quarter, the highest level in almost 30 years.

Although this partly reflects the soaring bullion price, experts say central banks are also stuffing their vaults as an insurance policy in a volatile world. Many are also rushing to repatriate gold stockpiles held overseas, and slashing their exposure to the US dollar.

“We have moved from Pax Americana to global discord, geopolitically. It is the law of the jungle when we see what the US are doing,” says Raphaël Gallardo, the chief economist at the asset manager Carmignac.

“Investors – private and sovereign – believe their strategic reserves are no longer safe in dollar terms, as they can be confiscated overnight. The dollar is losing the credibility as the nominal anchor of the global monetary system because the Fed is losing credibility, and US Congress is losing its credibility.”

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[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Their loyalty is to themselves, they are profiting from the destruction of the nation, just like the nobles of old were doing before the French Revolution.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Without the nation there won't be a military to secure their companies.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They believe they can buy an army for each one of them.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

China is going to take the technological lead sometime after 2027. A single billionaire can't field a competitive army unless they can get AI and robots ready by then.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They will try and the common people will suffer, but I personally don't think they will succeed.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Why should they try? Billionaires make money by selecting good strategies for their companies. As a group they can't be dilluded about the risks of splitting up the West.