{"id":148720,"date":"2026-02-18T20:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/geopolitics-fuel-gold-price-above-5000-again"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:48:10","slug":"geopolitics-fuel-gold-price-above-5000-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/geopolitics-fuel-gold-price-above-5000-again","title":{"rendered":"Geopolitics fuel gold price above $5,000, again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong> <\/span>Gold prices rebounded Wednesday, exceeding $5,000 again, after dipping on positive developments about US-Iran talks.<\/p>\n<p>Spot gold increased more than 2.5% as of 1540GMT to $5,001 per ounce, as some reports suggest the Trump administration is preparing for potential military action against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>One White House advisor said there is a &#8220;90% chance we see kinetic action in the next few weeks,&#8221; according to the reports.<\/p>\n<p>Gold fell Tuesday to around $4,900 after Iran said it reached &#8220;guiding principles&#8221; with the US on nuclear talks.<\/p>\n<p>Silver also saw an increase of 5.7% to $77.7 per ounce.<\/p>\n<p>Gold surged 13.2% in January, seeing its best monthly performance since September 1999 amid global geopolitical risks. And in February, prices remained mostly flat, due to the easing geopolitical tensions, and the US Fed&#8217;s decision to hold interest rates steady.<\/p>\n<p>Gold started 2026 at $4,313 and rose to a record of $5,598 on Jan. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, investors await minutes from the US Federal Reserve&#8217;s January 16-17 meeting on Wednesday, seeking clues for the path ahead for monetary policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Tanzania<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. Gold prices rebounded Wednesday, exceeding $5,000 again, after dipping on positive developments about US-Iran talks. Spot gold increased more than 2.5% as of 1540GMT to $5,001 per ounce, as some reports suggest the Trump administration is preparing for potential military action against Iran. One White House advisor said there is a &#8220;90% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":148719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[798,13796,8614,15191,711,1723],"class_list":["post-148720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-gold","tag-gold-prices","tag-iran","tag-spot-gold","tag-tanzania","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Geopolitics fuel gold price above $5,000, again - Tanzania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Tanzania. 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