Physical Gold Shortage Worst In Over A Decade, as GOFO Rate Goes Negative

``... today the physical metal shortage surged, as can be seen by not only the first negative 6 month GOFO rate since last summer's much publicized gold shortage when China was gobbling up every piece of shiny yellow rock available for sale, but a 1 month GOFO of -0.1850%: the most negative it has been since 2001! ... Said otherwise, the physical shortage is the worst it has been in over a decade, even as the price of paper gold continues to drop!''