Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a strong rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has stayed low. Household spending and business fixed investment have grown strongly.
Interest Rates
Fed Expected to Hike Rates Twice More This Year and then Risk a ‘Policy Mistake’ – Gold Silver Reports
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — A full 98 percent of the 46 respondents, who include economists, fund managers and strategists, see the Fed hiking rates a quarter point this week to a new range of 2 to 2¼ percent. And 96 percent believe another quarter-point hike is coming in December.
Fed Set to Raise Rates Again, other Central Banks Sound Ready to End the Easy Money, too
Fed Set to Raise Rates Again
✅ Draghi’s comments come ahead of the Fed’s two-day meeting and anticipated rate hike Wednesday, but they also come as the Bank of Japan sounds slightly less dovish and other central banks raise their interest rates.
Gold May Hit $1,300 by End of Year, ICBC Says
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Bullion is set to average $1,260 an ounce in the third quarter and rise further in the following three months as interest rate increases are priced in and physical demand emerges, Marcus Garvey, a London-based commodities strategist, said in an interview in India.
Bank of England Monetary Policy Decision Today – All the Previews in one Place
BoE Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting is Thursday 2 August 2018
Previews:
✅ Preview of the Bank of England meeting (Super) Thursday 2 August 2018
✅ Are you ready for Super Thursday from the UK? BoE preview (RBC) (MS, Nomura)
✅ Early heads up preview for the Bank of England meeting (TD, Barclays, BNP Paribas)
Trade Wars Need To Escalate To Support Gold
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Trade Wars Need To Escalate To Support Gold — While gold could get a boost from volatile currency markets next week, analysts are not expecting to see the market benefit from safe-haven flows.
Gold Trending up, But Still Stalled by Hawkish Fed
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Gold trending up, But Still Stalled by Hawkish Fed – Gold has risen more than 3 percent this year, buoyed by international tensions and volatility in equities, but has yet to emerge from a tight trading range in the face of an expectation for rising U.S. interest rates, traders say.