MW: your article assumes that the US economy is fixing itself, but the figures show that it is an illusion propped up by paper money as a result of QE. True, inflation has not resulted, yet. But where are the easy real profits from cheap energy that a thriving economy is built on? Energy prices are still high.
The fundamentals for holding gold, or the gold price as regards mining, are still sound in the medium-longer term according to Equedia. Plenty of data in this article, and they reckon the demand for gold is still very high in USA, and other countries - from smaller investors - it's just the bigger players who have backed off for the time-being.
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