Last year the flow of central-bank gold almost dried up, even as the price soared. Only 41 tonnes made it to market.

从2000年到2007年，它们平均每年出售520吨，去年，尽管价格飙升，但来自央行的黄金流量几近枯竭，只有41吨黄金流入市场。

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This possibility is made more compelling by the only other apparently nonmartial object: The slender strip of gold, inscribed on two sides with the same biblical quotation is, strikingly, also folded.

这样的可能性在另一件非物质器物身上得到了进一步的验证：那件两面雕刻有铭文的箴言金条同样也被弯折过。

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Only the very rich could afford jewellery made of gold and precious stones.

只有能够负担非常丰富的黄金和宝石制作的首饰。

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Groenewegen, along with Rachel Benepe of First Eagle Investment management and Juan Carlos Artigas of the gold council, all sharing a panel on gold at the aforementioned conference, made a case for gold as a hedge, not only of inflation, but of risk.

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However, if Barrick only made marginal purchases over this time, it would be a bullish sign for the price of gold.

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