Lots have been said about the recent decline in gold prices. Most of it deals with the fundamentals of gold itself, such as mine closures, supply and demand, and the like. The rest involves the technical side, such as long-term trends and moving averages. But there are other sides to this story.
For example, gold is usually sought when inflation starts to heat up. When the economy first emerged from the Great Recession, gold rose in price, figuring that inflation would eventually rise — not just from the greater demand for metals and other commodities that usually accompanies a stronger economy, but from all the liquidity that the Federal Reserve had to create in order to push the economy forward.
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