Gold just crossed $2,200 – and could be headed to $2,500.
For one, central banks are still loading up on gold.
According to Bloomberg, “Central-bank buying maintained a breakneck pace, with annual net purchases of 1,037 tons last year, just 45 tons shy of the record set in 2022, the WGC said in the report. It expects central-bank buying to top 500 tons this year.” In addition, gold is surging in hopes the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in the second half of the year.
Two, Goldman Sachs just said that the Federal Reserve’s meeting “reinforced the market’s (and ours) expectations that three cuts are likely this year, lending renewed support to gold to test and surpass March’s earlier record high,” they said, as quoted by Yahoo Finance. The firm also upgraded their 2024 gold forecast to $2,300 by the end of the year.
Three, safe-haven demand for gold continues to be supportive amid geopolitical uncertainty with ongoing wars and the upcoming US election. Also, China’s central bank just added even more gold, supporting the precious metal’s surge to record highs. In fact, in February, China added another 390,000 troy ounces of gold, raising its total holdings to 72.58 million troy ounces.
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