What might be behind today’s jump in the gold price

In the absence of demand for government debt, the most logical course of action in the Keynesian pantheon of choices is to print money – or, to use the more polite term, reintroduce quantitative easing. What we are seeing today in the gold market could be driven by insiders who understand the connections just outlined and looking to get ahead of the next big change in monetary policy.

What might be behind today’s jump in the gold price