The price of gold has been boosted further today by the apparent dovishness of the Fed. Indeed, the consensus view seems to be that the prospects for the precious metal can be distilled down to “higher US interest rates bad, weaker dollar good”. However, this ignores the increasingly important role played by rising inflation expectations, which in turn are linked to the rebound in oil prices.
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