Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Stocks Rally Third Day as Trump Team Eases Stance — The S&P 500 Index bounced back from Monday’s selloff as investors grew more confident the administration’s protectionist rhetoric wouldn’t result in equally stringent policy. The rally took stocks to a two-week high. The dollar strengthened for the third time this week, while the 10-year Treasury yield popped above 2.82 percent.
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Gold Is Heading to $1400 If Trade War Breaks Out
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Bullion could top $1,400 an ounce in 2018 as escalating trade tensions drive investors to havens and the threedecade bull market in bonds nears an end, said Rule, who’s due to speak at a conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Spot gold traded at $1,337.50 Tuesday after three straight quarters of gains, while exchangetraded fund-holdings are around the highest in half a decade.
Federal Reserve may Review Rules on Lending to the Poor
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – The Federal Reserve may change decades-old rules that require banks to lend to low-income borrowers as part of a broader effort to revise a range of banking regulations, the U.S. central bank’s head of regulation and supervision said on Monday.
Powell Jumps in Driver’s Seat as Fed Weighs Speed of Rate Hikes
Gold Silver Reports – The tougher job for the Federal Reserve’s new chairman as he presides over his first gathering of the central bank’s policy-setting committee is deciding what to do next.
Fed Raises Rates, Maintains Forecast for One More Hike
Gold Silver Reports — Federal Reserve officials forged ahead with an interest-rate increase and additional plans to tighten monetary policy despite growing concerns over weak inflation.