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Headline-driven gold spikes are usually brief. Initial moves often fade unless the event triggers a durable change in central-bank policy or reserve management.
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Gold During Geopolitical Stress
Geopolitical stress affects gold through two channels: short-term safe-haven flows and long-term reserve-asset repositioning.
Sanctions and reserves
Western sanctions on Russian reserves in 2022 accelerated emerging-market central-bank gold buying. That structural shift outlasts the initial headline by years.
Currency channel
Geopolitical stress often weakens specific currencies. Local-currency gold can rally even when dollar gold barely moves. Watch both lenses.
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