GS expect the bullish gold trend to continue. New forecasts, each up by 25 USD
- three month 1350
- six month 1400
- 12 month 1450
Citing:
- low and falling US unemployment rate expected to keep late-cycle worries elevated … supporting ETF inflows
- Low European growth, negative real rates are likely to further boost European ETF purchases
- Elevated geopolitical tensions
- Lower pressure on EM currencies should help keep central bank gold purchases at same level as 2018
- weaker dollar and acceleration in GDP growth are expected to boost EM dollar purchasing power and hence gold demand
Also, silver forecasts:
- three month 16.50
- six month 17
- 12 month 17.50
each up 25 cents from previous