Gold is still the best bet until the Fed announces a serious increase in interest rates (i.e., higher than inflation.) That doesn’t appear likely anytime soon.
IMO, the government is trapped. If the interest rates rise, their payment on our huge debt may become unpayable.
If they quit printing money and running a huge defecits, we go into a deflationary spiral.
If the economy starts growing, businesses will begin to compete with the government for loans which will drive up interest rates and create serious inflation.