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I’ve been waiting to finish this article until the UK’s inflation figures were released. They show the CPI figure for November to be 4.1%, higher than predicted by the majority of economists. This figure is more than double the 2% target that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee is supposed to aim for, yet [...]

Ah, gold. So beloved of microchip manufacturers, Bond villains and high-maintenance women. This shiny, ductile, (almost) chemically inert metal has powers of heat insulation and electrical conductivity and so is often used – albeit in small quantities – in industry. It looks nice on your wedding finger too. But gold is much more than an [...]