U.S. gold demand in the second quarter surged 10 percent year-over-year as nearly doubled investment demand offset weaker jewelry purchasing, as per industry report by the World Gold Council released on Wednesday.

George Milling-Stanley, WGC’s managing director of government affairs, stated:

What you would expect from an economic crisis is depressed jewelry demand all over the world, and the U.S. is certainly not immune.

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