Why gold prices are surprisingly low

Gold tends to go up when there's uncertainty in the economy. For a while, the price reflected that. But this week, it dropped from a nearly $5,600 in January to below $4,000. What's going on?

<img src='undefined' alt='<em>"TraderTraitor" is trying to quickly turn Stablecoin into Ether, a harder to freeze crypto</em>'/><p>Gold tends to go up when there's uncertainty in the economy. For a while, the price reflected that. But this week, it dropped from a nearly $5,600 in January to below $4,000. What's going on?</p><p>(Image credit: PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6030995' />