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Gold prices fell to a three-year low on Thursday plummeting 200 dollars per troy ounce in just 10 days.
周四，金價降至三年最低水平，僅10天每盎司降幅達200美元。
The precious metal sank 2 percent on Thursday to breach below the 1,200 dollar mark in New York for the first time since August 2010. But have since rebounded just a tad in Asia trading today.
黃金價格自2010年8月來首次觸及1200美元大關。但是亞洲交易日反彈無力。
Gold is down nearly 28 percent year to date and is headed for a 25 percent loss for Q2, its biggest quarterly decline since 1968.
年初至今，金價下降達28%，第二季度將有望達到25%降幅，成為自1968年最大季度降幅。
Gold has declined sharply since Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said last week the U.S. central bank plans to start scaling back its 85 billion dollar monthly bond purchases in the next few months.
上周美聯儲主席Ben Bernanke表示，美國中央銀行計劃在未來的幾個月開始縮減其每月850億的債券購買金額。自此，金價便開始劇烈下跌。
Analysts say that would drive up interest rates, making gold less attractive as a safe haven for funds in a low-rate environment.
分析師表示金價下跌將會抬高利率，使得黃金在低利率環境下的避險功能降低。
