#safe-haven-demand

#safe-haven-demand

Geopolitical risks pushed the US dollar to two-week highs as safe-haven demand rises, while upcoming data and Fed remarks could change dollar and yield outlooks.

China's broad-based demand—central bank buying, arbitrage, household safe-haven purchases—is driving gold to record highs, outpacing the U.S. dollar as reserve asset.

Gold forecast to reach $5,000 per ounce by 2026, driven by central-bank buying, geopolitical risk, inflation, looser monetary policy, and strong ETF and Asian demand.

Silver remains supported by safe-haven demand, Fed rate-cut expectations, geopolitical risks, and tightening physical supply, despite recent volatility and a corrective pullback.