As the U.S. dollar rallied against other currencies – mostly against the Euro and Yen – gold and silver kept slowly falling. Does it mean it’s only downhill from here on to the end of the year for precious metals…
The latest release of the minutes of the FOMC meeting didn’t much new information and in any case the tragic events in Paris at the end of last week took center stage all throughout the week. These events may have…
The weakness of precious metals continued in the past few days as the U.S. dollar keeps climbing and the market becomes more convinced that a December rate hike is a strong possibility. The gold and silver prices have not only…
The recent recovery of the U.S. dollar also led to a fall in commodities prices including oil, gold, copper and silver. Even though the market is more incline to believe the Fed will raise rates in December, it doesn’t seem…
Gold and silver prices took another hit after the latest NFP report showed a much better than expected growth in jobs of 271K – the market expected a gain of only 179K. This news reignited the belief that the Federal…
The NFP report was better than expected with a gain of 271K jobs and growth in wages of 2.5%. This report rekindled the belief of a possible rate hike by the Fed in December. On this week’s agenda: U.S. JOLTS,…
The U.S. non-farm payroll report showed a much higher than anticipated gain in jobs with 271K jobs added in October. The ADP report estimated an increase of 182K jobs and the market expectations were at 179K for October. The growth…
The FOMC didn’t raise rates this time, but heavily hinted of a possible liftoff in the December meeting. This news was enough to prompt selloffs of gold and silver. Even the GDP report, which showed a gain of only 1.5%,…
The Fed’s decision helped pull back up the U.S. dollar – as more people think the Fed may actually raise rates in December. But it’s far from certain and the latest GDP for Q3 shows the U.S. economic growth isn’t…
The ECB and PBOC aim to help stimulate their economies: The ECB by hinting of more QE to follow and PBOC by cutting rates again. For gold and silver, a stronger U.S. dollar, brings down their prices. And these decisions…