Gold Prices Surge Today, Silver Rates Also Rise: FOMC In Focus

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The two-day FOMC meeting begins Tuesday morning and ends Wednesday afternoon with a statement. The FOMC is expected to slightly raise U.S. interest rates at this meeting. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will also hold a press conference after the meeting. As usual, the marketplace will parse the Fed’s wording for clues on the pace of future Fed rate hikes and the Fed’s inflation expectations.

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Gold Prices Set to Soar over Next 12 Months, Forecasts Bank of America

Gold Silver Reports (GSR)  – Bullion could average $1,350 an ounce in 2019 as corporate tax reforms worsen the U.S. fiscal balance, Francisco Blanch, head of global commodities and derivatives research, said in a phone interview last week. Spot gold traded at $1,196.23 on Monday and has averaged about $1,285 this year.

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