" In the near term ( the dollar ) is over shadowing the safe heaven aspect for Gold " says James Steel, Chief Commodities Analyst, HSBC, he believes that the long run bull market for gold remains intact. He discusses where the demand for the precious metal will likely come from this year."last year we had well over 400 tons central banks official sectors purchases , which makes the central banks the second largest purchasers of gold after the jewellery " most central banks are underweight gold and they will tend to diversify by purchasing more gold he explains , so it is very bullish for the gold prices this year ....He expects to see gold at $2000/oz in the second half of this year
