Silver fell as the Fed decided to adopt a higher for longer interest rate stance

The price of silver yesterday decreased by 1.12% to settle at 74654 as markets anticipate the U.S. Federal Reserve would choose to maintain a higher or longer interest rate stance to curb inflation. Inflation, according to Fed officials, is still “far above” the central bank’s 2% target. Michelle Bowman, the governor of the Federal Reserve,…

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Silver increased as U.S. Fed signals an impending pause in rate hikes

After the U.S. Federal Reserve tempered its aggressive approach to controlling inflation in a highly anticipated policy statement and signaled that interest rate hikes will soon come to a halt, silver yesterday closed up 1.3% at 70212. However, once U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen denied that the government had considered protecting all accounts in the U.S….

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Commodity prices will continue to fluctuate wildly as fear drives market sentiment

Ravindra V Rao, VP-Head Commodity Research at Kotak Securities, said Investors were paralyzed by fear this week as the banking crisis moved from the U.S. to Europe, raising concerns about contagion in the international financial markets. The U.S. regulators announced plans to reduce systemic risk at the beginning of the week in a joint statement…

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A support level may be found at Rs. 54,880-54,610 for the currency before U.S. jobs data

The dollar weakened on Friday as data revealed that weekly U.S. unemployment claims increased more than anticipated, raising hopes that a deteriorating labour market could lead to less-aggressive rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Following a session-high increase of more than 1%, spot gold was up 0.1 percent at $1,832.59 per ounce. US gold futures…

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