
The U.S Fed may continue to be hawkish, putting pressure on precious metals
While investors anticipated this week’s U.S. inflation statistics for clues on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike path, gold prices inched lower on Monday in the international markets as the dollar strengthened. At $1,861.76 per ounce, spot gold was down 0.2 percent. The price of U.S. gold futures fell by 0.1 percent to $1,872.40. On…