{"id":231442,"date":"2026-02-03T15:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=231442"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:56:30","slug":"gold-and-silver-prices-plunge-after-sharp-rally-whats-behind-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/231442\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold and silver prices plunge after sharp rally \u2013 What\u2019s behind it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After hitting record highs last week, prices for gold and silver have fallen sharply, CBS News<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

Gold, which topped $5,500 per ounce last week, has now dropped to below $4,500 per ounce.<\/p>\n

The surge in precious metal prices last year was driven by global uncertainty and economic pressures. Investors typically buy gold and silver when markets are unstable, viewing them as safe-haven assets.<\/p>\n

The sudden decline came after US President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair, which markets interpreted as reducing the likelihood of aggressive interest-rate cuts. This made gold and silver less attractive.<\/p>\n

Why it matters for precious metals: Gold and silver usually perform better when interest rates are low. Higher expected rates (as anticipated under Warsh) make these metals less appealing to investors.<\/p>\n

Experts are divided on the future of precious metals: some believe prices could partially recover after the recent drop, while others think gold and silver could fall to even lower levels.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After hitting record highs last week, prices for gold and silver have fallen sharply, CBS News reports. Gold, which topped $5,500 per ounce last week, has now dropped to below $4,500 per ounce. The surge in precious metal prices last year was driven by global uncertainty and economic pressures. Investors typically buy gold and silver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":231435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-economy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231443,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231442\/revisions\/231443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}