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US Jobs Report Likely to Inform Inflation Narrative – GoldSilverReports

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Nonfarm Payrolls Report Cancelled Amid Ongoing U.S. Govt Shutdown
  • US jobs report likely to inform inflation narrative, US Dollar and Gold price.
  • If the labor market is strong, the Federal Reserve could plough ahead with larger rate hikes. 
  • Gold price could continue south if a strong result solidifies expectations of a 0.5% rate hike in March.

Gold price has been in a downward spiral since the start of February, and with the next major release for the commodity likely to be the US Bureau of Labor Statistics US jobs report for February, scheduled for release on Friday, March 10, traders may be wondering whether this will continue.

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Chair Jerome H. Powell – Welcoming Remarks & Outlook

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Good morning everyone and thank you to President Rosengren and the Boston Fed for hosting this conference. -The Federal Reserve is strongly committed to stress testing as a cornerstone of our bank supervisory and financial stability missions. Stress testing is perhaps the most successful supervisory innovation of the post-crisis era. But if stress tests are to continue to serve their critical function, they will need to evolve in the years ahead to keep pace with the ever-changing financial system, as they have since the first round of tests in 2009.

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Wall Street’s view on Trump’s talk of firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell: ‘Utter madness’

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President D. Trump’s growing dissatisfaction with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell could be veering into dangerous territory. With the Fed embarked on a campaign to tighten monetary policy, the president has repeatedly attacked Powell, reportedly fearful that a volatile market – and the attendant possibility of an economic downturn – could endanger his reelection prospects.

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Fed is Expected to Raise Interest Rates Wednesday

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The Fed is expected to raise interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point, and the pressure is on for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to sound dovish — but not too dovish. Fed officials are also expected to revisit their fed funds rate forecasts and roll back some of the rate hikes expected in the next several years.

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G20 Meeting Could Trigger Rebound in Commodities Prices: Goldman

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Gold Silver Reports (GSR)  – “Given the size of dislocations in commodity pricing relative to fundamentals, with oil now having joined metals in pricing below cost support, we believe commodities offer an extremely attractive entry point for longs in oil, gold and base (metals),” the bank said in a note.

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