Gold Poised for Third Weekly Gain Amidst Fed Rate Hike Speculations

RBA Pauses Rates, Australian Dollar Slides 1.3% on Economic Concerns; ISM Manufacturing PMI Expected to Remain Negative

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Gold’s is poised for a third straight weekly advance as Wall Street anticipates the Fed could be done with their rate hiking cycle after next week. 

A strong labor market however keeps the risk for more tightening to occur in the fall, so gold isn’t quite ready to make a move back above the $2000 level.  The FOMC decision will be key for gold and could trigger a corrective move below the $1,960 level if the Fed decides to keep optionality on the table for September.  If Powell is able to signal that it seems they are done tightening, gold may attempt to capture the $1980 level, with $2,000 being a major psychological barrier.

 

RBA Pauses Rates, Australian Dollar Slides 1.3% on Economic Concerns; ISM Manufacturing PMI Expected to Remain Negative

Ed Moya

With more than 20 years’ trading experience, Ed Moya is a senior market analyst with OANDA, producing up-to-the-minute intermarket analysis, coverage of geopolitical events, central bank policies and market reaction to corporate news. His particular expertise lies across a wide range of asset classes including FX, commodities, fixed income, stocks and cryptocurrencies. Over the course of his career, Ed has worked with some of the leading forex brokerages, research teams and news departments on Wall Street including Global Forex Trading, FX Solutions and Trading Advantage. Most recently he worked with TradeTheNews.com, where he provided market analysis on economic data and corporate news. Based in New York, Ed is a regular guest on several major financial television networks including CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Yahoo! Finance Live, Fox Business and Sky TV. His views are trusted by the world’s most renowned global newswires including Reuters, Bloomberg and the Associated Press, and he is regularly quoted in leading publications such as MSN, MarketWatch, Forbes, Breitbart, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Ed holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University.