{"id":92440,"date":"2025-09-02T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92440"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:52:21","slug":"gold-price-hits-record-high-as-investors-seek-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=92440","title":{"rendered":"Gold price hits record high as investors seek safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The price of gold has hit a record high as demand for the precious metal remains strong amid global economic uncertainty.<\/p>\n

The spot gold price hit $3,508.50 per ounce early on Tuesday, continuing its upward trend, which has seen it rise by nearly a third this year.<\/p>\n

The precious metal is viewed as a safer asset for investors during times of economic uncertainty, and its price rose earlier this year after US President Donald Trump announced wide ranging tariffs which have upset global trade.<\/p>\n

Analysts say the price has also been lifted by expectations that the US central bank will cut its key interest rate, making gold an even more attractive prospect for investors.<\/p>\n

Adrian Ash, director of research at BullionVault, told the BBC\u2019s Today programme that the rise in gold prices over the past few months is really down to Trump and \u201cwhat he\u2019s done to geopolitics [and] what he\u2019s done to global trade\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really the US election last year that really put a fire under it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Analysts also cite worries over the independence of the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, as another factor driving the gold price.<\/p>\n

Trump has launched repeated attacks on the Federal Reserve\u2019s chair, Jerome Powell, and recently attempted to fire one of its governors, Lisa Cook.<\/p>\n

Derren Nathan from Hargreaves Lansdown said it was Trump\u2019s \u201cattempts to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve Bank\u201d that was \u201cdriving renewed interest in safe haven assets including gold\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the head of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde\u00a0warned\u00a0that if Trump were to undermine the independence of the Fed, it would represent a \u201cvery serious danger\u201d to the global economy.<\/p>\n

She said if the Fed was forced to respond to Trump\u2019s politics, it would have a \u201cvery worrying\u201d impact on economic stability in the US, and therefore in the rest of the world as well.<\/p>\n

Mr Ash added that when the price of gold surges because of investor interest, it was usually tempered by a slowdown in buying from China and India \u2013 two of the biggest markets for gold jewellery.<\/p>\n

But this time, he said gold was continuing to find demand in China and India as, rather than exiting the market during times of high prices, jewellery buyers turn towards buying investment gold products such as bars or coins.<\/p>\n

Gold\u2019s general price increase also comes from a \u201craft\u201d of other reasons, including Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine which has added to a climate of general political uncertainty, said precious metals analyst Suki Cooper from Standard Chartered.<\/p>\n

She adds that this year, the impact of changing trade policies on inflation and supply chains has also fuelled the gold price.<\/p>\n

\u201cGold has found added support from USD [US dollar] weakness earlier in the year as the preferred safe haven,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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