Federal Reserve Minutes

Fed policymakers express concerns over economic and business sentiment

Federal Reserve: During a discussion panel hosted by the Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Atlanta, the San Francisco and Cleveland Fed Bank Presidents Mary C. Daly and Beth Hammack both took the opportunity to express concern about the current state of the US economy. While economic data remains firm, US trade policy has made many consumers and businesses increasingly sour. Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic also participated in the event, adding to his previous comments made on Tuesday.

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Federal Reserve set to cut interest rates

Federal Reserve set to cut interest rates

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) will announce monetary policy decisions following the December policy meeting on Wednesday. Alongside the policy statement, the US central bank will publish the revised Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), also known as the dot plot. 

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Gold price awaits US NFP report on Friday for some meaningful impetus

Gold price News: Expectations for a less dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) trigger a modest bounce in the US Treasury bond yields and cap the upside for the non-yielding Gold price. In fact, comments from several FOMC members on Wednesday, including Fed Chair Jerome Powell, suggested that the US central bank will adopt a cautious stance on cutting rates. This warrants some caution before placing aggressive directional bets around the Gold as traders await the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) report on Friday.

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Federal Reserve ready to cut interest rates by 25 basis points

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) will announce monetary policy decisions following the November policy meeting on Thursday, just barely two days after Donald Trump was elected as the 47th president of the United States. Market participants widely anticipate that the US central bank will lower the policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to the range of 4.5%-4.75%.

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