This paper empirically examines the degree of persistence in four precious metal prices (i.e., gold, palladium …, platinum, and silver) during the last four U.S. recessions. Unit root tests and fractional integration techniques suggest that … gold still is the most prominent safe haven asset within this particular asset class. Our analysis highlights gold …

increasing demand for metals like copper and lithium due to the growth in renewable energies and electromobility, metal abundant … the causal relationships among these energy transition metals and other major assets like gold and bitcoin, and how they …

US to the worst recession the world has witnessed for over six decades. Through an in-depth review of the crisis in terms … suggested, while at the same time the majority of the world's poor had benefited insufficiently from stronger economic growth …