Mr. Abe and his supporters are hoping for "demand-pull" inflation, in which companies would increase wages to boost purchasing power.
It is thus worth noting that there is no cost-push inflation to work against or counter the reduction of demand-pull forces that would intensify inflation.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new all-time record high Tuesday, which did pull demand away from safe-haven markets, as traders exhibited better risk appetite on this given day.
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An increase in investor risk appetite saw solid rallies in the U.S. stock indexes Wednesday, which worked to pull way safe-haven demand for gold that surfaced Tuesday.
That push-pull of supply vs. demand will keep prices elevated as we head into the spring selling season and its looking like that shopping season will be weaker this year than last.
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However, gains are being limited as higher European and U.S. stock markets pull some investment demand away from safe-haven gold.
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Such would pull some safe-haven investment demand away from the gold market.
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It is the pull-forward effect of consumer demand, and it has to be pulled (at least to some extent) out of the future.
That did pull some investor demand away from safe-haven precious metals.
However, if the stock indexes continue to rally, that would suggest better investor risk appetite in the market place, which could pull away some safe-haven demand for gold and silver.
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This suggests fresh flight-to-safety buying by investors (including into gold), which will pull way demand for risk assets like stocks.
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