Gold advanced above $5,000 an ounce, as dip-buyers returned to the market after an exceptionally volatile week for precious metals. Bullion rose as much as 1.6% in early trading, also supported by a landslide election victory for incumbent Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. This reinforces expectations for looser fiscal policy and sustained pressure on the yen, which would be supportive for g...
Gold advanced above $5,000 an ounce, as dip-buyers returned to the market after an exceptionally volatile week for precious metals. Bullion rose as much as 1.6% in early trading, also supported by a landslide election victory for incumbent Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. This reinforces expectations for looser fiscal policy and sustained pressure on the yen, which would be supportive for gold. At Friday’s close, the metal was down around 11% from an all-time high hit on Jan. 29 but was still up 15% for the year. Traders are also looking to upcoming US economic data for greater clarity on the Federal Reserve’s policy direction. The January jobs report due Wednesday is expected to show signs of labor market stabilizing, and inflation data is scheduled for Friday. Gold rose 1.5% to $5,036.46 an ounce as of 7:46 am in Singapore. Silver advanced 2.6% to $79.89. Platinum and palladium gained. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index , a gauge of the US currency, ended the previous session down 0.4%.
A senior US public health official called on Americans to get vaccinated against measles as outbreaks continue in multiple states and concerns grow that the country could lose its measles elimination designation. Dr Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, spoke in support on Sunday of the measles vaccine. “Take the vaccine, please,” said Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Se...
A senior US public health official called on Americans to get vaccinated against measles as outbreaks continue in multiple states and concerns grow that the country could lose its measles elimination designation. Dr Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, spoke in support on Sunday of the measles vaccine. “Take the vaccine, please,” said Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “We have a solution for our problem.” “Not all illnesses are equally dangerous and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses,” he told CNN’s State of the Union. “But measles is one you should get your vaccine.” His boss, health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, has a long history of questioning both the safety and necessity of vaccines. The remarks come as South Carolina is experiencing an outbreak involving hundreds of cases, exceeding the number recorded in Texas’ measles outbreak earlier in 2025. Another outbreak has been identified along the Utah-Arizona border, and several additional states have reported confirmed cases this year. Children have been the most affected. Public health specialists say the resurgence is occurring as skepticism toward vaccines grows, potentially fueling the return of a disease that officials had previously declared eliminated in the US. In January alone, the US saw 25% of the total cases confirmed in all of last year, and the outbreak shows no sign of slowing as federal officials mostly stay silent on vaccination. The vast majority of patients are not vaccinated, but there have been no national campaigns announced, with Oz being the first major statement from the federal government. Last year, Kennedy positioned measles vaccines as a personal choice and recommended unproven treatments for the highly contagious illness. Oz has previously leaned into Kennedy’s campaign to “make America healthy again” (Maha), an effort to redesign the country’s food supply, reject vaccine mandates and cast doubt on some long-established sci...