{"id":121324,"date":"2025-12-02T19:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=121324"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:48:49","slug":"gold-rebounds-as-markets-bet-on-looming-fed-rate-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/gold-rebounds-as-markets-bet-on-looming-fed-rate-cut\/12\/02\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Rebounds as Markets Bet on Looming Fed Rate Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"Gold prices recovered part of their earlier losses on Tuesday, lifted by growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its upcoming meeting. After briefly dipping toward $4,181, the metal bounced back during US trading hours to trade near $4,225, supported by strong conviction across markets that a rate reduction is coming next week.<br \/><br \/>The precious metal\u2019s recovery comes despite a mild rise in the US dollar and firmer Treasury yields, both of which typically pressure non-yielding assets like gold. At the same time, the broader market mood remains cautious, with global equities stabilizing after a sharp sell-off on Monday. This combination has kept gold steady but prevented a more aggressive push higher.<br \/><br \/>With no major US economic releases scheduled for Tuesday, intraday movement has been relatively subdued. Price action remains heavily influenced by dollar fluctuations and overall risk sentiment.<br \/><br \/>Recent US data has reinforced the case for easier policy. Manufacturing activity contracted for a ninth straight month, retail sales grew only modestly, business confidence softened, and private-sector job growth slowed noticeably. These signals of cooling economic momentum have strengthened market expectations for a rate cut, with traders pricing an 87% chance of a 25-basis-point reduction.<br \/><br \/>Attention now shifts to several key reports arriving later this week, including ISM Services data and ADP private-sector employment figures, followed by the Fed\u2019s preferred inflation gauge\u2014the PCE index\u2014on Friday. These releases are expected to shape the market narrative heading into next week\u2019s decision.<br \/><br \/>Longer-term sentiment toward gold also remains upbeat. Various institutional surveys show a strong belief that prices will continue climbing over the coming year, with many investors expecting the metal to approach or even surpass","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold prices recovered part of their earlier losses on Tuesday, lifted by growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at its upcoming meeting. After briefly dipping toward $4,181, the metal bounced back during US trading hours to trade near $4,225, supported by strong conviction across markets that a rate reduction is coming &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":110167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-commodities-news","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121338,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121324\/revisions\/121338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}