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At the time of writing, the price of gold ranges between $1983.20 to $1983.65 per ounce. According to analysts who are long active gold at $1994/oz, the market selloff in gold is almost over, and prices will next reach new all-time highs as they anticipate imminent selling exhaustion in precious …

After the Federal Reserve decided to raise rates by the same amount on Wednesday, GBP/USD surged to new highs. The ECB’s statement that went along with it emphasised signs of ongoing inflation pressures in the Eurozone. Following hawkish remarks made by Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, on …

Following price movement in both directions, the price of gold is currently consolidating. The motivating force is the Fed’s outlook, which has an eye on crucial support. As the US Dollar strengthens once more, the price of gold is down about 0.5% on the day and has fallen below the …

Reacting to widespread market concerns over banking contagion, the EUR/GBP pair widens its losses. The mood on the market is starting to turn negative. The Euro is specifically penalized by this prior to the European Central Bank’s interest rate decision.As the UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt revealed the new budget …

Gold prices fell on Wednesday as the dollar and US bond yields rose as investors assessed the path of US interest rates after a consumer price report showed that inflation remains high. Gold fell in the spot market 0.1 percent to $ 1901.24 an ounce by 0052 GMT, after falling …

Despite trading at 1909.07 at the time of writing, the precious metal jumped to the highest in over a month. Economists see the yellow metal trading above $1,925 in the latter months of this year. Ironically, higher rates now are good for gold later on as they would drive rates …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated that the “costs of not getting inflation down will be extremely high”. FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell testifies on the Semi-annual Monetary Policy Report before the US House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.The US Dollar stays under modest bearish pressure during Powell’s testimony and the US …

With Powell’s hawkish stance, the USD/CAD pair rises beyond the 1.3755 mark and is now approaching 1.3800 after trading at 4-month highs. The pair is trading at 1.3759 at the time of writing versus the previous closing at 1.3611 on Monday. On the strength of Jerome Powell’s remarks, the USD/CAD …

The dollar continued to rise on Tuesday after declining against the British pound and the euro the previous day, returning to its first monthly gain since September. The dollar’s rally has gained momentum in the past few weeks as upbeat economic data heightened expectations that the Federal Reserve will be …

The dollar index fell by -0.50% on Monday back from a 1-1/2 month high and posted moderate losses. Lower Treasury yields weighed on the dollar. Meanwhile, the Wall Street rally was a significant factor that reduced the liquidity demand for the dollar. US economic news was mixed for the dollar. …