Europe is facing problems on both sides of the safe asset market: supply of safe assets has been drastically reduced in the aftermath of the crisis while safe asset demand has increased.
Another component, Mr Bernanke reckoned, was safe-asset demand.
Gold rallied to three-and-a-half-month highs above $1430 an ounce as rising tensions over Syria sparked safe-haven demand.
While all the focus is on Europe right now, similar risks face the UK and US economies and this is leading to significant safe haven demand for gold internationally.
The granular level at which we have analysed the data allows us to confirm that safe haven demand effects from southern Europe, China, the Middle East, Russia, and south Asia are indeed important factors in explaining the dynamics of London house prices".
Ask for a pay rise, defend your pension rights, insist that work conditions are respectful and safe – and demand your employer negotiates with a real trade union and pays the rate for the job.
The orangutans would be safe if demand for palm oil were not driving the destruction of their forests.
Novel strategies for developing effective and safe treatment demand identification and functional characterization of the genetic alterations involved in pancreatic carcinogenesis.
(Just to be safe, Fleischer demanded — and received — immunity before agreeing to coöperate with Fitzgerald).
Since July the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) has demanded more information on export earnings.
