The gold price is down $109 to start the week, with the big news being a report that China and the US have agreed to cut the tariffs.

Philip Cross, former chief economist at Statistics Canada, is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a contributor to the Center for North American Prosperity and Security.

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the performance of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, exceeds a more than 1% rally on Monday after China and the United States (US) agreed to a ...