Gold Price Forecast: Expectations that China may overcome the recession woes and Fed’s Powell may repeat his cautious statements at the Jackson Hole also seemed to have tested the DXY bulls. “Various Chinese state media agencies are coming to the rescue of the local currency, the yuan, after the recent depreciation, justifying that the country’s strong exports should offset a stronger dollar and hawkish Fed rate hikes,” mentioned Reuters on Wednesday. Concerns about China become important for gold traders due to the dragon nation’s status as one of the world’s largest gold consumers.
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Gold Spot Next Week Move Up or Down?
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Gold Spot Next Week Move Up or Down? – Because of gold’s potential next week, Baruch said that he sees two strategies that could be potential winners. He added that the key is for investors to control their risks, which is why he prefers to play gold through the options market.
Fed Lifts Rates, Steepens Path Through 2020 for More Hikes
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Fed Lifts Rates, Steepens Path Through 2020 for More Hikes – Federal Reserve officials, meeting for the first time under Chairman Jerome Powell, raised the benchmark lending rate a quarter-point and forecast a steeper path of hikes in 2019 and 2020, citing an improving economic outlook. Policy makers continued to project a total of three increases this year.
US: Fed’s Powell suggests bias for rate hikes – ING
Gold Silver Reports- US: Fed’s Powell suggests bias for rate hikes – ING — James Knightley, Chief International Economist at ING, hold the view that the Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s prepared text of the Congressional testimony hinted towards upside risks for interest rates and thus, anticipates four rate hikes this year.
Yellen Points to March Rate Hike
Gold Silver Reports — The U.S. Federal Reserve’s long-stalled ‘liftoff’ of interest rates may finally get airborne this year as policymakers from Chair Janet Yellen on Friday to regional leaders across the United States signaled that the era of easy money is drawing to a close.
Janet Yellen; Fed Rate Hikes In Congress
Gold Silver Reports ~ Federal Reserve Chair Yellen will defend the U.S. central bank’s 1st rate hike in a decade and likely insist that further rises this year remain on track, albeit at a slower pace, when she addresses Congress on Wednesday.