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Buy gold: Some hedge funds are betting on a surge in inflation

Investors are pouring money into gold as a hedge against inflation on concerns that stimulus measures will lead to a surge in prices

Hedge funds are betting that inflation will pick up as central banks and governments world-wide print and spend vast amounts of money to support jobs and businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

That bet goes against the weight of recent history.

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