Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Fed, ECB To Define Gold Prices Near Term Target – Many analysts have noted that gold has followed a well-established pattern: selling off before an expected rate hike to then rise once the dust has settled. The question on many investor’s minds is whether or not this pattern will hold next week as inflation picks up as the U.S. economy continues to grow at a steady clip.
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MCX Gold Prices Ready for Blast Above @30533 Buy on Dips
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – MCX Gold Prices Ready for Blast Above @30533 Buy on Dips — MCX Gold Prices settled up 0.48% @30670 as Wall Street stocks tumbled and the dollar fell as rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese officials fed worries about a possible trade war, and after U.S. jobs data came in weaker than expected.
Stocks Rally Third Day as Trump Team Eases Stance
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.
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.