Doesn't make any difference what happens anywhere, ... It's always BAD FOR GOLD LoL! Until the DEFAULT. In the real world, lower energy prices should be bullish for gold, as it reduces production and transport costs. That's in the real world. In the phony world we are forced to live in, it's a political football. The powers that be are dropping that football, and the Chinese and Russians, and Indians (and the rest of the world) are picking it up. I am ashamed of our political " leadership. " The BASTARDS sold us out.