One last wildcard is a government shutdown.
its The opposite. The BIS owns the FED.
Article pinning gold to the yuan. Q talks about gold and Y’s.
Is this the ¥ ? Money leaving China has gone into safe havens other than gold.
https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2018-08-13/The-Mystery-of-Gold-and-the-Chinese-Yuan-Part-II.html
Since mid-April, the yuan (CNY) or RMB, has been heading down the mineshaft - the longest fall since a shock devaluation in 2015. Gold has been in the same shaft briefly exploring lower levels just above $1,200 per ounce. The stunning correlation between the two suggests a model of gold price based on the yuan can be helpful in determining near-term bottom and tops for the lustrous metal. The July column derived such a model. The meander of the Comex December contract has remained within those model predictions to date – so far so good.