This content does not apply to US customers. The US are being drastically affected amid fears of mass job losses. This is, in turn, is believed to have sparked a bullish looking gold market. The activity of these two contrasting market happenings was highlighted by in a speech from Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell. In this speech, he warned of “potentially dire consequences” if the current economic situation continues. In response to this, Gold has continued to grow even faster than it had already had done in the last month. This has seen Gold verge on 7-year highs before regressing again. Now with this latest news and its latest progress in the wake of the speech made yesterday, it could be the necessary element to let it grow and expand to these levels. Already, in the last year, it has increased 40% in value as investors look for a safe option in response to inflating equity markets, not to mention the global pandemic, Covid-19. These increases a looking likely to grow until the economic recovery begins and measures that Jerome Powell said are important are brought into force sooner rather than later.