| Contrary to conventional wisdom, the tradition of handing out sweets to cleverly disguised children during Halloween does not create enough demand to elicit supply shortages for sugar and other confectionery delights. Or does it?
There has long been a strong underlying cultural demand for the precious metal during the fall and winter in most developed and developing economies. Typically unencumbered by weather, the demand for gold's annual cycle begins in September with the Indian harvest as farmers and workers put some of their earnings in gold, the traditional medium of saving and investment in most of rural India...............................................Full Article: Source
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