interest rates

The World Gold Council last week released its latest market update report, which covers the effect that negative interest rate policies have had on gold . . . .

We have entered a new and unprecedented phase in monetary policy. Central banks in Europe and Japan have now implemented Negative Interest Rate Policies (NIRP). The long term effects of these policies are unknown, but we see discouraging side effects  . . . .

If you ever wanted to know if lower and lower interest rates for longer and longer helps to prop up the value of gold, look no further than Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 . . . .

At a stroke, Janet Yellen revived gold investors’ faith in the metal and the miners who produce it...