Gold’s Safe-Haven Status Falters as Oil Shock Forces Markets to Reprice Inflation, Rates, and Global Growth

Tekedia | 20-03-2026 10:50am |

A sweeping sell-off across metals markets is exposing a deeper shift in investor thinking, as the fallout from the U.S.-Iran war begins to ripple through inflation expectations, monetary policy outlooks, and growth forecasts. What initially appeared to be a standard geopolitical shock—one that would typically lift safe-haven assets—has instead triggered an unusual unwind. Gold fell

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