Gold slides below $3,900 an ounce, a low for more than a year, as Fed hike bets build
Gold fell under $3,900 per ounce, its weakest level in more than a year, after a hotter US PCE inflation reading strengthened bets on another Federal Reserve rate increase. Higher expected rates tend to weigh on non-yielding metals and can tighten conditions for risk assets.
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Gold dropped below $3,900 an ounce, the lowest point in over a year, according to reports. One summary put the decline at almost 3%, and another described the sell-off as accelerating.
The trigger was US PCE inflation data that came in hotter than expected. Investors read it as raising the chance that the Federal Reserve will tighten policy further, and market odds of a rate hike climbed. Crude oil was reported to be rising at the same time.
The mechanism is familiar: higher expected policy rates tend to lift real yields and the dollar, which cuts the appeal of gold because it pays no interest. The sources give no detailed figures beyond the price level and the approximate size of the drop.
Tighter financial conditions could also pressure risk assets such as cryptocurrencies, though current model forecasts for most instruments show only limited directional tilt.
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Major outlet · RU · published Oct 30, 17:45