Gold down more than 1pc on Fed rate hike viewsGold fell more than 1 percent on Friday, snapping a week-long streak of gains following conflicting signals from US Federal Reserve officials on the timing of a possible rate hike, but was still on track to end the week higher. Sp More… |
Gold tops $1,300 after Fed rate viewGold climbed above $1,300 after the Federal Reserve scaled back the outlook for interest-rate increases and Chair Janet Yellen signalled rates may stay lower for longer. Assets in silver-backed exchange-traded funds jumped to a record. More… |
Gold tops $1,300 after Fed rate viewGold climbed above $1,300 after the Federal Reserve scaled back the outlook for interest-rate increases and Chair Janet Yellen signalled rates may stay lower for longer. Assets in silver-backed exchange-traded funds jumped to a record. More… |
Gold drops to 7-week low on Fed rate hike prospectsGold fell to a seven-week low on Wednesday after upbeat US home sales data in the previous session boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will press ahead with interest rate hikes in the near term. The metal has fallen more More… |
Gold at lowest in almost two weeksGold fell to its lowest in almost two weeks on Tuesday ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting that is expected to give clues on the pace of future US rate rises. Spot gold fell to $1,225.70 an ounce, its lowest since March 2, in earli More… |
Focus sharpens on Fed after hot inflation dataWith next week's calendar full of economic data releases and speeches by economic policymakers, investors have been poised to watch the Federal Reserve for clues about the US central bank's next move, but an unexpectedly hot reading on i More… |
As Fed fog lifts, central bankers keep puzzling over ChinaThe world’s central banks are scrambling to assess the risk a slowing China poses to their economies and appear to be no closer than most other observers to working out what is going on in the world's second largest economy. More… |
Fed ups interest rates for first time in a decade in 'dovish hike'The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade on Wednesday, signaling faith that the US economy had largely overcome the wounds of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The US central bank's policy-s More… |
Asia shares falter as markets await US Fed policyAsian shares slipped on Friday as investors braced for US employment data that is expected to bolster the case for a Federal Reserve interest rate increase as early as next month. MSCI's broadest index of A More… |
Gold hits 3-month high as traders bet on US rate hike delayGold rose to its highest level since early July on Monday as expectations that the Federal Reserve will postpone an expected US interest rate hike beyond the end of the year pressured the dollar to three-week lows against a currency basket. More… |