Gold Starts 2026 With 2 Year Price Change at +110% and it Wasn’t Done!

USA - Gold has gone through some staggering price changes recently. In the last 20 years gold is up 728.28%, and much of that is due to recent price surges.

Is the price of gold really so volatile? Normally, no. However, much of the price change in Gold we are seeing could potentially be due to of the U.S. dollar. As dollars become less valuable as we as a country continue to print more dollars to meet deficit needs, the number of dollars in circulation and therefor the number of dollars available to be spent on Gold and other commodities increases. This effectively means the price of Gold hasn’t changed as much as it may appear, and instead the dollar is the one losing value, not gold gaining it.

Buying Gold acts as a hedge against inflation, something that interests those who still remember a time in America when candy bars could be purchased for less than a dollar. Since then so much money has been printed to meet American spending deficits it’s affected the price of nearly everything, but gold especially due to its roll as the original “money”. A currency that no government or power could ever print more of to devalue like modern fiat currencies

If we ask, will Gold continue to rise in price? We may answer it by determining whether or not the United States will continue meeting deficits by printing money and debasing its currency via inflation. In the case that America continues down that path, barring some new form of legislation to fix the price of Gold, we may not have seen the end of its price surge yet!

** This article is opinion based and not considered official financial advice.

Credit to https://goldprice.org for chart and statistics.