gold price forecast and outlook
Gold and silver didn’t do much last week as the markets await for a signal from the Federal Reserve about the direction its cash rate; so far the market has been receiving mix signals from Fed officials and even the…
Precious metals prices remained relatively flat throughout the week; the recent economic data from the U.S. including retail sales were slightly disappointing but not enough to change much market sentiment nor interest rates. Looking forward, some major economic data from…
Gold and silver didn’t perform well last week as the NFP report showed, once again, a better than expected headline figure with a growth of 255K jobs – compared to an expected gain of 180K; also, the BOE, as expected,…
The NFP report showed another sign that the labor market is doing well and on its road towards full employment; this also means a higher chance of a rate hike this year. The BOE also helped weaken its pound by…
The bullion market kept recovering as the FOMC and BOJ didn’t change their policies. And the disappointing GDP report for the U.S. – only 1.2% growth vs. 2.6% exp. – was enough to drive further up gold and silver prices.…
The Fed and the BOJ didn’t deliver last week as they neither move nor even hint of any prospects of a substantial change to their respective monetary policies. But now all eyes will shift back to the UK as the…
Gold and silver lost some steam in the past week as interest rates picked up again and the U.S. dollar strengthened even though the ECB and BOE didn’t introduce any new policy last week. This week’s main events will focus…
Now that the U.S. economy is showing signs of recovery including the better than expected NFP report and retail sales, the market is slowly adjusting again to a possible rate hike this year. And higher rates also mean a slower…
Even though the recent NFP report presented much better than expected gains in jobs – 287K compared to 175K outlook – the bullion market didn’t react much and if anything silver kept rising on Friday. It seems that the ongoing…
Gold and silver gained momentum last week as Britain voted to leave the EU. And even though equities have recovered, the high uncertainty in the markets is likely to preserve the risk-off market sentiment, which only benefits bullion prices. Besides…