The FOMC may have concluded its meeting and announced its changes to policy on Wednesday evening, but the sharp drop in prices of gold and silver only came on Thursday. In other news: The U.S jobless claims rose by 10k…
The FOMC ended their last meeting of the year with the decision to taper QE3 by $10 billion. This means, the asset purchase program declined to $75 billion per month starting next month. The FOMC reduced $5 billion from each…
The prices of gold and silver changed direction and fell on Tuesday. Nonetheless, on a monthly scale both precious metals haven’t done much and only slightly declined. The upcoming FOMC statement and outlook are likely to affect the developments in…
The prices of gold and silver resumed their rally and rose again for the second consecutive day. This trend, however, might change direction if the Fed announces tomorrow the tapering of its asset purchase program. Today the FOMC starts its…
The financial markets remain poised for the upcoming FOMC meeting, in which it will be decided whether the FOMC would announce of tapering QE3. The current expectations from analysts are that the Fed is likely to do so and start…
Last week’s slow pace in the financial markets won’t repeat next week, and many news items, decisions and reports will come to fruition. These include: U.S non-farm payroll report, ECB, RBA, BOC and BOE rate decisions, U.S, Canada, Australia and…
The prices of gold and silver changed direction and tumbled down last week. Their recent plunge coincided with the appreciation of the US dollar against the Euro and Aussie dollar. The FOMC meeting didn’t offer any new headlines, but some…
Last week, the FOMC meeting may have rekindled the speculations of tapering QE3 in December. The market reaction soon followed as the USD rallied and precious metals prices tumbled down. Looking forward, will the US dollar continue to rally? This…
The minutes of the recent FOMC meeting were came out today. The minutes revealed that several members thought it was high time to taper QE3 back in the September meeting. In the end, all members sans one decided to maintain…
The bullion market has cooled down as gold and silver prices fell during most of September. The recent decision of the FOMC to keep QE3 program unchanged wasn’t enough to pull back up precious metals prices. The aftermath of the…