Goldman Sachs raised its gold forecasts this morning, as follows:
3-month target: to $1,565 from $1,480 per ounce
6-month target: to $1,635 from $1,565 per ounce
12-month target: to $1,730 from $1,690 per ounce
In a report to clients, Goldman’s Commodities Research team wrote that “We expect the low US real interest environment, combined with continued Central Bank buying will continue to provide support for gold prices in 2011. However, with our US economics team forecasting strong US economic growth in 2012, we expect US real interest rates to begin to rise into 2012, likely causing gold prices to peak.”

