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Abstract:The gold price was a touch lower as the US dollar weighed. The greenback hit its highest level in nearly two years as measured by the DXY index vs. a basket of other currencies. A more hawkish Fed also saw the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield run to 2.55% while the two-years hit 2.56% for the first time since March 2019.
Gold holds in a tight range and awaits a catalyst.
Fed rhetoric is boosting the US dollar and weighing on gold.
XAU/USD to remain bearish amid rising US yields.
Spot gold was down 0.3% at $1,916 per ounce, but trading in a narrow range while US gold futures eased 0.1% to $1,931.20. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is down 0.2% at $1,921 and weighed in Asia following comments from Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard.
The Fed member spoke of potential aggressive action from the Fed in anticipation of hawkish minutes tomorrow. Brainard said the central bank could start reducing its balance sheet as soon as May and would be doing so at “a rapid pace.” Brainard added that interest rate hikes could come at a more aggressive pace than the typical increments of 0.25 percentage points.
Eyes on the Fed
Meanwhile, the Fed officials began the process of policy normalization by lifting rates 25bp to 0.25%-0.50% at the March meeting and on Wednesday the minutes of that meeting will be released.
''The FOMC pull no hawkish punches in its policy guidance, with Chair Powell also hinting further information about QT plans will be provided in the minutes (possibly including caps details). We continue to expect an official QT announcement at the May FOMC meeting,'' analysts at TD Securities said.
''Gold prices have remained incredibly resilient, reflecting that strong ETF and comex inflows into gold are trumping outflows associated with a hawkish Fed, which is in turn creating a divergence between gold and rates markets,'' analysts at TD Securities said.
''Considering that real rates could be less useful as a barometer for measuring gold's relative price, we turn our attention to gold flows to gauge the sustainability of interest in the yellow metal. Our analysis highlighted ETF flows have tended to be more highly correlated to changes in market expectations for Fed hiking, than to real rates, the yield curve or even price momentum.
This still suggests that the strong ETF inflows have rather been associated with safe-haven appetite, which could still lead to downside risks as the negotiators continue to work towards a ceasefire and as the fear trade subsidies.''
Gold, technical analysis
As per the pre-open analysis, Chart of the Week, Gold: XAU/USD is pressured for the open ...
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