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Gold prices little changed after Fed outlook disappoints
Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 19 - 09 - 2019

Gold was little changed on Thursday after declining up to 1 percent in the previous session as lack of clarity on the U.S. Federal Reserve's future monetary policy easing kept markets cautious.
The Fed lowered interest rates for a second time this year in a 7-3 vote on Wednesday but signaled further cuts are unlikely as the labor market remains strong.
The cut was widely expected, but the split vote has raised some concern about predicting the future path of monetary policy.
"Traders are disappointed by the divergence of future rate cut path and the market is unwinding expectations of a few more cuts in the months to come," said Margaret Yang Yan, a market analyst at CMC Markets.
"People are looking to take profit and lock gains. There is a need for price consolidation before gold prices pick up."
Spot gold was barely changed at $1,494.05 per ounce as of 0400 GMT, after a 0.6 percent drop on Wednesday. However, U.S. gold futures were down 1 percent at $1,501.40 per ounce.
Central banks globally are facing increasing pressure to dole out monetary support for flagging economies as the U.S.-China trade dispute hits global economic growth.
Lower interest rates reduce the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding gold, and weighs on the dollar.
"Gold looks vulnerable. If the Fed is right to proceed with caution, meaning the global environment is not as dire as stimulus-hungry markets seem to envision, that implies less scope for overall easing," said Ilya Spivak, a senior currency strategist at DailyFx.
A close below $1,480 would set the stage for a retest of the $1,400 level initially and may then pave the way for a deeper pullback, he said.
Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady but said it would re-examine economic and price developments more thoroughly at its next policy meeting, amid growing risks to the country's fragile economic recovery.
Spot gold is poised to break a support at $1,488 per ounce and fall to the next support at $1,446, according to Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao.
Among other precious metals, silver dropped 0.3 percent to $17.68 per ounce, and platinum slipped 0.2 percent to $928.73. Palladium was unchanged at $1,591.19 per ounce.
Source: Reuters


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