- March 9, 2022
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
The war in Ukraine has finally pushed traditional safe-haven Gold closer to the all-time high seen in August 2020 after the United States and Britain announced a ban on oil imports from Russia. The EU will cut gas imports from Russia by two-thirds by the end of the year despite threats from Russia that it will close gas pipelines to Europe if oil imports are banned.
In addition to the war in Ukraine, Inflation, which is at a decades record high is another key reason that has helped drive gold prices to this point. And the war is about to exacerbate the inflation situation, because in addition to disrupting the supply chain the policy action of central banks may also be disrupted.
However, as the price of gold heats up towards a new all-time high, the US Dollar is also at its highest since May 2020, with the USDIndex hitting a new high of 99.40 this week, the same level as it was before the coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile, ahead of…
