“Ignore The Noise” & Focus On The Fact That Central Banks “Remain Extremely Accommodative”

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The primary focus this week is again on the “all powerful” Fed. If the Fed leans toward a rate hike in December, gold could come under pressure again in the short term. However, if it leans toward raising rates next year, then gold would be expected to eke out further gains.

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Bank of England – Interest Rates – 1694 to Today

Most physical buyers will ignore the noise and focus on the fact that the Fed’s monetary policies, along with the Bank of England, the ECB and most central banks in the world, remains extremely accommodative.

The perception and narrative is that a rise in rates, even by a very marginal 25 basis points will be negative for gold. This may be true in the short term as perception, even misguided perception, can drive markets in the short term.

However, rising interest rates per se are not negative for gold. What is negative is positive real interest rates and yields above the rate of inflation. This is unlikely to be seen any time soon.

Gold will also be vulnerable towards the end of an interest rate tightening cycle as was the case in January 1980. Today, central banks including the Fed  are having difficulty raising interest rates in even a small nominal way.

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Given the massive global debt bubble of today, it will likely be impossible for central banks to increase interest rates in any meaningful way. We are not going to see an interest rate tightening cycle akin to that which snuffed out gold’s bull market in the 1970s.

Unless, central banks lose control of the bond markets and a new breed of bond market vigilante enforces monetary discipline and pushes bond yields higher in the coming years.  

Gold should be supported by data which suggests that economic growth braked sharply in the third quarter in the U.S. and that global demand for physical bullion remains very robust – particularly in India, China and Germany.

A gauge of U.S. business investment plans fell for a second straight month in September. Core capital goods orders fell 0.3 percent in September, August core capital goods were revised sharply down and durable goods orders dropped 1.2 percent.

DAILY PRICESToday’s Gold Prices: USD 1171.50, EUR 1058.98 and GBP 765.94 per ounce.
Yesterday’s Gold Prices: USD 1165.74, EUR 1054.55 and GBP 759.52 per ounce.     

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Gold in GBP – 1 Month

Gold closed at $1166.40 yesterday, a gain of $2.70 for the day. Silver was also up slightly yesterday, by $0.02 closing at $15.88. Platinum lost $9 to $984.

Gold has retained small overnight gains today  ahead of a Federal Reserve policy statement later in the session as investors wait for more clues on the timing of a potential U.S. rate hike.

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Mark O'Byrne is executive and research director of www.GoldCore.com which he founded in 2003. GoldCore have become one of the leading gold brokers in the world and have over 4,000 clients in over 40 countries and with over $200 million in assets under management and storage.We offer mass affluent, HNW, UHNW and institutional investors including family offices, gold, silver, platinum and palladium bullion in London, Zurich, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and Perth.
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