Because gold tends to rise when interest rates fail to rise faster than the cost of living.
Buy gold from bank of england.
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 united states federal reserve bank of new york at 33 liberty street is the world s largest gold repository.
It is believed that only 2 of its gold actually belongs to the fed.
Visit the bank of england museum.
Can i buy gold from the 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.
We offer two ranges of silver platinum and gold bullion bars rmr royal mint refinery and britannia.
How to buy gold bars.
Available in weights from 1 gram to 400 ounces they can be delivered to your home or securely stored at the vault our guarded facility.
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.
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.