Federal Reserve

Gold followers will hardly be unaware that every time a Fed Open Market Committee Meeting draws near the gold price moves, often quite sharply, on the will she, won’t she prospect of Janet Yellen announcing that at long last the Fed will start to raise interest rates again . . . .

The US dollar climbed on Friday to its highest level since 2003 on continued bets on faster inflation and higher interest rates, while Treasuries resumed a sell-off that left yields at their highest levels of the year . . . .

America has chosen Donald Trump to be its next President and the world markets, whether metals, gold, bonds, equities or Forex are all highly volatile . . . .

Besides alerting us to how the expansion of fiat money is progressing, an objective of this exercise is to give some guidance on the price relationship with gold . . . . .

Metal remains firm overnight despite Federal Reserve minutes pointing to December increase . . . .

Gold held near a three-month low as investors awaited Friday’s U.S. jobs report for more clues on when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates amid growing expectation for a hike soon . . . .

With U.S. stocks still flirting with their all-time highs and volatility scraping along close to a multi-year low, investors are less inclined to worry about hedging risks and downside protection . . . .

We have recently speculated as to how the gold price might perform now U.S. execs are back at their desks after holidaying in the summer sunshine . . . .

Gold dropped for a seventh day this morning, heading for the longest run of declines since May, trading at $1,319 an ounce . . . .

Ever since the Fed last raised its policy rate in December and has backed off further increases, asset markets (gold, commodities, bonds, stocks) have boomed in possible price bubbles . . . .