Because gold tends to rise when interest rates fail to rise faster than the cost of living.
Buy gold from bank of england.
It holds one quarter of all the world s gold and like the bank of england s vault it stores gold for both the united states and other nations.
You can however hold a real gold bar in the bank of england museum.
From 1999 through 2001 the uk s.
The united states federal reserve bank of new york at 33 liberty street is the world s largest gold repository.
In the past you could exchange banknotes for the equivalent value in gold at the bank of england but this has not been possible since the early 1930s.
Now that the bank of england has decided to start printing money investors worried that inflation will result are thinking of turning to gold a traditional store of value.
The hub of the international gold market is in london and the bank of england has been a leading regulator when it comes to the trading of the yellow metal.
The bank of england announced its latest policy decision in london on thursday writes adrian ash at bullionvault.
Visit the bank of england museum.
In effect it told uk investors and savers to buy gold.
Can i buy gold from the bank of england.
How to buy gold bars.