After traders processed Friday’s jobs news, the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields rose. This week’s U.S. inflation data will now be the focus, and gold yesterday finished down -0.18% at 59420. According to reports, the U.S. economy added fewer jobs than anticipated in July, but strong pay growth and a drop in the unemployment rate…
The dollar strengthened and expectations of a gentle landing for the sturdy U.S. economy dampened demand for gold as a safe haven yesterday, causing it to close down -0.07% at 59432. Initial claims increased only somewhat, as anticipated, but job losses were at their lowest level in almost a year and both labour prices and…
The US Federal Reserve’s hawkish comments yesterday caused gold to decline by -0.33% to settle at 59157. In its most recent report to Congress, the Fed said that while inflation in important segments of the US services industry “remains elevated and has not shown signs of easing,” it decided to leave interest rates steady but…
The price of gold yesterday increased by 0.1% to 59355 as traders analyzed the most recent changes to monetary policy. The Federal Reserve stopped it’s tightening drive but made a suggestion that interest rates might rise again this year. At the same time, the ECB announced a further 25 bps increase in borrowing costs and…
Amid conflicting predictions for the Fed’s monetary policy decision, gold yesterday declined by -0.12% to 59821. According to data, 261 thousand Americans applied for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 3, up from 233 thousand the week before and the 235 thousand expected. China and India’s physical gold demand decreased, forcing dealers to give…
On Wednesday, the gold price barely changed as the markets braced themselves for a Federal Reserve meeting, while copper prices continued their recovery from six-month lows. The dollar suffered this week due to disappointing U.S. economic statistics, which led to speculation that the Fed wouldn’t have enough room to continue rising interest rates. This led…
Gold yesterday increased by 0.06% to settle at 60234 as Treasury yields and the U.S. currency declined. Days before the largest economy in the world is scheduled to begin defaulting on its debt, improved risk sentiment impacted bullion as the plan to raise the debt limit and curb government spending in the U.S. was passed…
As investors await the votes on the debt deal, gold yesterday closed up by 0.33% at 60198 as the yield on the US 10-year Treasury note dropped to just 3.7%, significantly below the 3.85% seen last week. After passing a significant procedural obstacle, the debt-limit agreement reached by US President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin…
Gold yesterday decreased -0.18% to 59353 as the dollar index stayed close to two-month highs above 104, helped by rising predictions that US interest rates may stay high for longer than originally predicted. Market expectations were higher than the most recent PCE inflation data, which raised the possibility that the Federal Reserve would retain its…
Gold yesterday increased by 1.1% to conclude at 60379 as the dollar index continued to decline and moved farther away from a two-month high of 103.6 the day before. Investors are keeping an eye on the debt ceiling standoff and adjusting their expectations for the Fed’s next action. GOP negotiators reportedly left a debt ceiling…
