A preference for the US dollar as a safe haven has weighed on gold prices over the past few months. Given our view that the dollar will remain strong into 2019 and that growth in jewellery demand will continue to fall, we have revised down our end-2018 forecast for the price of gold to $1,200 per ounce.
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