Gold prices fell nearly 1% after Trump and Xi’s talks calmed trade tensions, while silver soared to a 13-year high above $35. Learn why gold and silver are moving and what’s next for precious metals.
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Gold Price Rises Near $3,272 as US Recession Fears Grow
Gold price (XAU/USD) is up around $3,272 in early Asian trading on Monday. People are worried about a US recession and trade problems between the US and China. This makes gold, a safe-haven asset, more popular. Later today, the US ISM Services PMI for April will be important news.
What to expect from the next Nonfarm Payrolls report?
Economists expect non-farm payrolls to increase by 170,000 jobs in January after a 256,000-job increase in December. The unemployment rate (UE) is likely to remain at 4.1% over the same period.
Gold Weekly Forecast: Gold Investors Await US Labor Market Data
Financial markets in the US will remain closed in observance of the Labor Day holiday on Monday. On Tuesday, the ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for August will be featured in the US economic docket. Investors expect the headline PMI to edgehigher to 47.8 from 46.8 in July. A reading above 50, which would suggest that the business activity in the manufacturing sector recovered back into the expansion territory, could provide a boost to the USD with the immediate reaction and weigh on Gold.
Fed’s Powell is the next major catalyst ahead of Nonfarm Payrolls
Recent comments by Fed officials have reiterated the need to continue hiking rates until they reach at least 5% and a slew of data has pointed in that direction in general. ”Several regional Fed presidents have indicated openness to higher interest rates and larger increases if the data remain strong. It would mark a shift in the Fed’s guidance if Powell articulates similar sentiments at tomorrow’s testimony and a step back from the cautious policy around rates,”.
Powell Says U.S. Labor Market ‘Very Strong’ by Many Measures
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — “Our economy is currently performing very well overall, with strong job creation and gradually rising wages,’’ Powell said in the text of a speech to be delivered to a housing conference in Washington on Thursday. “In fact, by many national-level measures, our labor market is very strong.’’