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Silver and gold crash as Iran war kills interest-rates cuts

Silver and gold crash as Iran war kills interest-rates cuts

[Gold Newsletter #307] Gold Price: $4,673.90 News: Why aren’t gold prices rising, despite Iran war uncertainty? Gold price forecasts: $4,200 to $10,000

March 19, 2026

A summary of the most important gold news and analysis of the last week.

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Gold price

Gold price: $4,673.90 $XAUUSD ( 0.0% ) [View live gold price.]

Change from last week: -$398.50 (-7.86%)

Gold news

This week’s summary of gold news and analysis.

• Gold set for worst week in six years as war curbs rate-cut bets (archive) [Bloomberg]

• Silver and gold crash as Iran war kills interest-rates cuts [BullionVault]

• Why aren’t gold prices rising, despite Iran war uncertainty? [Al Jazeera]

• Gold’s short-term setback hides a powerful long-term setup [Kitco]

• Gold: more central banks buying, but in smaller amounts [FXLeaders]

• Middle-aged Chinese and Indian women emerge as force behind global gold demand: Report [The Straits Times]

🔮 Gold price forecasts

• ‘’We see a scenario where gold goes back down towards $4,200’ – RJO’s Pavilonis [Kitco]

• Gold is still set to gain 20% above current prices in 2026 - UBS [Kitco]

"Despite gold's lackluster performance since the outbreak of the Iran war, the updated calculus of risk, interest rate policy, inflation, and strong underlying demand will still propel the yellow metal as high as $6,200 per oz by the end of 2026, according to commodity analysts at UBS."

• The great physical realignment: Gold $10,000, silver $200, and the death of the paper market [Kitco]