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Gold price has managed to recover some ground during the New York session on Tuesday, after hitting a two-and-a-half-month low of $1,932 an ounce, as US Treasury yields pull back across the curve. Still, the spot price, XAU/USD, remains 0.45% below its opening price, trading at the $1,960/oz area.
Optimism surrounding a debt-ceiling agreement in the United States - which still needs to be approved by Congress - is among key drivers in financial markets as US traders join the trading tables. US Treasury yields are falling sharply, with the 10-year note rate at 3.701%, despite higher expectations the Federal Reserve will embark on another rate hike at the June 14 meeting.
According to the CME FedWatch Tool, swap markets are pricing odds above 60% the Fed will raise by 25 basis points next meeting.
Upcoming US employment data this week, the ADP report on Thursday and nonfarm payrolls on Friday could affect expectations regarding the central bank's decision. The nonfarm payrolls report is expected to show a 180,000 job gain, while the unemployment rate is foreseen to tick up to 3.5%.
While looser monetary policy may seem bullish in the short term, the medium-term ramifications could upend the gold. The ‘bad news is good news’ trade continues to dominate the...
On Friday and Monday, we saw legendary moves in gold. On Friday evening, the price rose to $2075 on the background of risk appetite with reduced liquidity in the instrument. On...
Gold posts a fresh all-time peak of 2,142 on MondayBut fails to hold onto its gains, falling back below April highMomentum indicators point at an overstretched advanceGold has been...
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