China's gold demand is unbelievable

A news portal has reported on this for months, “Precious metals traders in London and Hong Kong said on Wednesday they were stunned by the strength of Chinese buying in the past month. ‘The demand is unbelievable. The size of the orders is enormous,’ said one senior banker, who estimated that China had imported about 200 tonnes in three months.”  That quote was from the Financial Times.  King World News today interviewed Dan Norcini to get his take on this situation.
When asked about Chinese demand Norcini stated, “Your sources have been reporting for months that demand from Asia, particularly China has been staggering, especially as the market has moved lower.  This FT story has simply confirmed what King World News has been reporting for months, and that your sources have been accurate.

It’s apparent to me that there has been a very large buyer in the gold market, particularly on moves down towards the low $1,300’s on gold.  It is obvious now that China has in fact had an insatiable appetite for gold.  This explains why we have had such a huge drop in open interest in the gold market, while gold has only fallen a mere 6%.

Open interest has fallen almost 30%, but as I said gold has only dropped 6%.  Normally if you are a short in a market and you start to have an asset correct because of significant liquidation, you will see a precipitous drop in price.  Given the sheer volume of contracts that has been liquidated, we should have seen a massive correction in gold.  Instead it has stayed incredibly strong.  You can see the footprints of the Chinese buyers, it is becoming very obvious to all of the players in the gold market, and this is causing the shorts to have to cover prematurely.

I think the key here Eric is that inflation is roaring out of control in Asia, particularly in China.  While the western monetary authorities are doing their best to convince their citizens that inflation is not a serious problem, the reality is quite different.  To quote Bernanke, ‘Fear of inflation is overstated.’ The citizens of Asia and other regions are not impressed with such statements.  Those people have been buying gold and they will continue buying gold as long as inflation is alive and well and I see no end to that in the foreseeable future.”

As Dan Norcini said, King World News has reported on the massive Asian buying, particularly from China for many months.  Norcini knows these markets well, having traded them for over two decades.  He is now making note that there has been a significant change in the trading pattern of both the gold and silver markets.
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