How will the Federal Reserve’s actions affect the price of gold?

Is the Federal Reserve willing to risk inflation in order to sustain ‘growth’? Or is Ben Bernanke actually creating disinflation? Ed Bugos examines the Federal Reserve's policy, and its implications for gold.

When I look at the policies that central banks are adopting today, everywhere, I see an inflationary epidemic that is feeding on itself and confirming the bull market in gold.

In the US arguably an epicentre of the modern global monetary system I see a central bank whose powers are constantly expanding. This progression dates back to its birth in 1913, but as recently as 1999 and 2003, parts of the Federal Reserve Act were rewritten and the Fed was given more power to create money.

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