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🚨 Gold, Rates & Currency Risk Explained - Alasdair MacLeod | Sprott Money #shorts

Sprott Money May 31, 2026

Summary

Gold's traditional inverse correlation with interest rates is weakening as fiat currency risk escalates globally.

The 1970s historical precedent demonstrates gold can surge sharply even during periods of rapidly rising interest rates.

Growing distrust in fiat currencies, rather than Treasury yields alone, is becoming the dominant price driver for precious metals.