Global Economy OPEC's Oil Production Cuts China's Donkey-Skin Trade Red Sea Attacks The Green Energy Race A Global Soft Landing Clamor for the precious metal is growing as the buying power of the country's currency plunges in value against the dollar, and inflation eats away at savings. Inside the wood-paneled shop in Cairo's famed Khan el-Khalili market, the price of gold was slumping fast, and Rania Hussein was feeling the future slip through her fingers.