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Gold prices fell sharply and erased intraday gains following the Federal Reserve's decision to skip a rate hike on Wednesday.
At the time of writing, the spot price, XAU/USD, is trading at the $1,945 area, little changed on the day, having pulled back from an intraday peak of $1,960 an ounce.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced its decision to maintain the target range for the federal funds unchanged at 5.00%-5.25% following ten consecutive hikes. Although the (unanimous) decision was widely anticipated on the back of cooler inflation figures for May, the dot plot and Chair Jerome Powell's speech offered a hawkish message and boosted the US dollar.
The Fed economic projections showed that most FOMC members anticipate the terminal rate to reach the 5.50%-5.75% range. At the presser, Powell noted that risks of overdoing and underdoing are closer to being in balance and highlighted that rate cuts wouldn't be appropriate this year.
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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