{"id":144494,"date":"2020-07-28T05:04:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T09:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=144494"},"modified":"2020-07-28T08:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T12:12:33","slug":"gold-prices-hit-new-record-good-news-for-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/07\/28\/gold-prices-hit-new-record-good-news-for-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold prices hit new record; good news for the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lingotes-Pxfuel-e1587087165382.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140609\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The price of gold closed at US$1,931 per ounce, for contracts for delivery in August. The previous record is RD$1,920. The price of gold is expected to climb over US$2,000 per ounce in the coming weeks. Analysts say investors are flocking to &#8216;safer&#8217; assets amid the coronavirus pandemic. The price of gold has hit its highest level for two consecutive days amid US-China tensions and the sliding dollar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic is a major gold producer and exporter. The increase in the price of gold is a windfall of unexpected resources for the Dominican government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/gold-rises-record-high-us-china-tensions-2000-next-target-2020-7-1029432780\">Business Insider<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrick.com\/news\/news-details\/2020\/pueblo-viejo-pays-another-185-million-in-taxes\/default.aspx\">Barrick<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrick.com\/English\/news\/news-details\/2020\/barrick-makes-solid-start-to-year\/default.aspx\">Barrick<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of gold closed at US$1,931 per ounce, for contracts for delivery in August. The previous record is RD$1,920. The price of gold is expected to climb over US$2,000 per ounce in the coming weeks. Analysts say investors are flocking to &#8216;safer&#8217; assets amid the coronavirus pandemic. The price of gold has hit its &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/07\/28\/gold-prices-hit-new-record-good-news-for-the-dominican-republic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144519,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144494\/revisions\/144519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}