FOMC meeting may help determine Gold's near term direction. 30/04/2012 – 05/05/2012
The outcome of a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee will help determine gold’s near-term price direction, said HSBC in a commodity briefing.
The bank’s chief U.S. economist, Kevin Logan, said that doubts about the sustainability of the economic recovery will convince the Fed majority to keep policy highly accommodative for the time being. However, no decision on additional quantitative easing is likely and Logan expects only small changes in the committee’s assessment of the current economic situation and outlook.
Thus low interest rates will remain in place through late 2014. It looks for the Fed to continue with the maturity extension program known as Operation Twist. “What does this mean for gold?”
“Highly accommodative monetary policies are gold-friendly and an FOMC meeting that reaffirms accommodative policies should at least support gold prices. But as additional monetary easing appears unlikely, the near-term upside for gold prices may be capped by the meeting, we believe.
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The outcome of a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee will help determine gold’s near-term price direction, said HSBC in a commodity briefing.
The bank’s chief U.S. economist, Kevin Logan, said that doubts about the sustainability of the economic recovery will convince the Fed majority to keep policy highly accommodative for the time being. However, no decision on additional quantitative easing is likely and Logan expects only small changes in the committee’s assessment of the current economic situation and outlook.
Thus low interest rates will remain in place through late 2014. It looks for the Fed to continue with the maturity extension program known as Operation Twist. “What does this mean for gold?”
“Highly accommodative monetary policies are gold-friendly and an FOMC meeting that reaffirms accommodative policies should at least support gold prices. But as additional monetary easing appears unlikely, the near-term upside for gold prices may be capped by the meeting, we believe.
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