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Gold was climbing again early Wednesday. Despite a bout of selling, there are grounds to think it can keep rising from here amid market turmoil.The precious metal was up 2.4% at around $3,061 a troy ounce after breaking below $3,000 late on Tuesday.That drop might raise concerns about gold’s safe-haven potential but analysts at Julius Baer put it down to a mixture of some short-term profit taking, forced repayments for some traders, and the tariff exemption for gold leading to the closing of some trading positions. Continue reading →

Pursuing a structural, sudden change in US trade policy is one thing. That alone is disruptive. Even if it’s a … Continue reading →

Gold opened at $2,997.50 on Tuesday after declining 2.16% during Monday trading. While the precious metal opened below its historic … Continue reading →

Excerpt from this week’s: Technical Scoop: Tariff History, Index Lows, Gold Holds Source: www.stockcharts.com We’ve seen it in the past. The … Continue reading →

LONDON (Reuters) — Oil slid around 3% on Monday to its weakest since 2021, while most commodity markets including metals … Continue reading →

Summary Markets plunged late last week as new U.S. reciprocal tariffs were disclosed after the bell on Wednesday. The NASDAQ … Continue reading →

By Anushree Mukherjee (Reuters) – Prices of silver dropped to over eight-week lows on Friday as concerns about demand for … Continue reading →

Gold slips after this morning’s positive jobs report after tumbling along with the broader market in the previous session in … Continue reading →

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 03, 2025 in New York City. 
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Traders are now betting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at least four times this year, amid fears President Donald Trump’s tariffs could tip the U.S. into a recession.
Odds of five quarter-point reductions coming this year jumped to 37.9%, up from 18.3% one day prior, according to data from the CME Group on Friday morning. That would put the federal funds rate at 3.00% to 3.25%, down from 4.25% to 4.50% where it has been since December.

Markets are also pricing in a roughly 32% chance the federal funds rate will fall to 3.25% to 3.50%, which would mean four quarter-point cuts from the Fed.
At the same time, the likelihood of a half-percentage point trim coming in June also jumped, to 43.8% from 15.9% previously.
The implied odds the Federal Reserve will cut aggressively rose after Trump’s tariffs raised fears of a global trade war, and hurt economists’ forecasts for both growth and inflation. Investors are expecting that a slowdown in economic growth could spur the Fed to lower rates in a bid to avoid a recession.
However, many worry the Fed has a tough road ahead of it, as the central bank would have to cut rates in an environment where inflation has yet to go down to its 2% target. If implemented, the tariffs are expected to drive core inflation north of 3%, possibly even as high as 5% according to some forecasts.
On Friday, Roger W. Ferguson, economist and former Fed vice chair, told CNBC the central bank may not cut at all this year, saying the Fed has to worry about the inflation part of its mandate.

— CNBC’s Jeff Cox contributed to this report.
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Keith Weiner warns of the dollar’s unlimited decline against gold, driven by fiat currency debasement and systemic risks. He sees … Continue reading →

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