Gold Prices Soar on Treasury Intervention

Gold prices surged to a three-month high after the US Treasury unexpectedly doubled its purchases of longer-dated government bonds, weakening the dollar and reinforcing investor concerns over Washington's growing debt burden.

The World Gold Council believes that if U.S. policymakers increasingly intervene to hold down long-term borrowing costs, gold may have further to run.

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Johan Palmberg, senior quantitative analyst at the World Gold Council, noted that the Treasury's announcement reflects a deeper challenge confronting U.S. financial markets. Persistent fiscal deficits require ever-larger bond issuance while a rapidly expanding stock of outstanding debt must also be refinanced.