Why Gold Prices Have Climbed To Their Highest Since 2013

Dovish statements from global central banks recently aren’t the only reason for gold’s rise past $1,400 an ounce this week to levels it hasn’t seen in nearly six years.

“Gold is a global market and U.S. monetary policy, while important, is not the only driver of performance,” Juan Carlos Artigas, director of investment research at the World Gold Council, told MarketWatch on Friday.

On the macroeconomic level, there’s “the combination of increase geopolitical tensions and a more accommodative monetary policy stance signaled by central banks, including the [European Central Bank] and the [U.S. Federal Reserve], which have pushed global interest rates lower,” he said.

U.S.-China tensions over trade policy persist as traders await an expected meeting and progress toward a resolution on the trade dispute, between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 leaders summit was June 28-29.

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