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Energy & precious metals

Gold’s Roller Coaster: Who Is Buying?

Gold prices have swung sharply, while central-bank purchases and reserve diversification remain central to the discussion.

Currencies & global markets

Could Japan Face Another Thirty Lost Years?

Japan’s divergent markets raise questions about the wage-inflation cycle, exchange-rate trade-offs and the fiscal cost of higher rates.