Gold prices held steady on Friday (August 15th), continuing the previous session's decline and on track for their worst week since late June. Sentiment was weighed down after a series of stronger-than-expected US data eroded hopes of a significant Fed interest rate cut, causing the dollar and US bond yields to strengthen and dampen interest in non-yielding assets like gold. Pressure intensified after the US PPI rose at its fastest pace in three years in July, well above consensus, indicating that companies were beginning to pass on tariff-induced import cost increases to final...
Silver Prices Gain After Investors Remain Wary Following Moody's Downgrade of US Sovereign Credit Rating and Growing Concerns About US Deficit Due to US President Donald Trump's Massive Tax Bill. In addition, Fresh US-China Trade Tensions, Along with Geopolitical Risks, Hit Global Risk Sentiment.As of this writing, Silver Price is at $33,662 Source: Newsmaker.id
Gold prices continued their rise in the early Asian session on Wednesday (05/22) when this news was released, gold prices moved in the $3322 area, this was accompanied by several fundamental factors because investors were likely to switch from government bonds to precious metals. The global bond market is shaky, with traditional safe haven assets such as gold strengthening. There are also growing concerns over the US fiscal outlook "If all else is equal, that means higher demand for haven assets," from the geopolitical side of Israel and Iran also support demand for safe haven...
Gold prices rose for a third straight session on Wednesday (5/21) as geopolitical risks rose following a report that Israel planned to strike Iran's nuclear facilities while the dollar weakened. Israel is preparing to strike Iran's nuclear infrastructure, CNN reported Tuesday, citing US intelligence officials. The report noted that officials did not know whether Israel had made a final decision to go ahead with the strikes, which could further destabilize the volatile Middle East. Source: Newsmaker.id
Gold prices maintained their positive bias above the $3,300 mark, rising nearly 1% on Wednesday (5/21), hitting their highest level in more than a week, as a weaker dollar and US fiscal uncertainty amid Congressional debate on a broad tax bill boosted demand for safe-haven assets. Source: Newsmaker.id
Silver prices continue their uptrend, as the weakening US Dollar (USD) led to a downgrade of the US government's credit rating last Friday.As of this writing, Silver prices are at $33,151 Source: Newsmaker.id