This supply is increased, each year, by a percentage of the new gold mined.

每年，随着黄金开采量的增加，货币性黄金的供应量也在增加。

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Not only was gold mined there, it was found in rivers too, where the gold particles were collected using lanolin-rich sheepskins.

人们不但在这里开挖金矿，而且在河里也能找到黄金。 人们用富含羊毛脂的羊皮在河水中收集黄金颗粒。

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In any case, India and China would have to more than triple their annual purchases just to soak up the world's newly mined gold.

总之，印度和中国的年黄金购买量需要增加2倍多才能消化世界上新开采的黄金。

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Until several years ago, China's gold market was strictly controlled by the central bank, which bought all the gold mined domestically.

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Add this to the fact that there is claimed to be a deficit of new gold mined above consumption, gold should enjoy upward price pressure, with or without runaway inflation.

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So we would need 3.27 swimming pools to hold the entire global supply of gold, which some argue is the entire amount of gold mined since before the Egyptians began mining gold before 2000 BC.

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