Gold remains caught between conflicting forces, with the near-daily changes in expectations for the Ukraine conflict, and with some signs of easing in the housing market in the United States. Headlines are proliferating about inflationary forces in an increasing number of countries and real interest rates are in some cases deeply negative, which is supportive […]
Gold — A short-lived recovery after the speculative clear-out — US potentially freezing Russia’s gold reserves
With the Fed March meeting now out of the way, geopolitics has been the primary focus of the markets over the past week – although the increased hawkishness from Chair Jay Powell and other members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the start of last week, only a couple of days after the […]
Gold more resilient than the headlines suggested last week
Last Monday saw gold captured the headlines with a sharp fall in price at the start of Asian hours’ trading. The price had already been on the retreat the previous Friday after strong U.S. employment data lifted the dollar and reignited expectations of early tapering from the Fed – although that has now been reversed […]