For the past week, after stalling for much of the trading week to receive a 25-basis-point gain from the US Federal Reserve, gold was stripped of its strength on Thursday morning after data surged. And the job was better than I expected. However, the precious metal regained what it lost afterwards and returned to near $1,960 per ounce in reaction to usage data.
Specifically, according to the US Department of Commerce, the core personal consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.2% in June. Inflation in December increased by 4.1%, a sharp decrease compared to the increase of 4.6% in June. Annual inflation fell slightly more than economists expected (4.2%).
The latest gold weekly survey shows that retail investors expect gold prices to rise this week. Meanwhile, market analysts are more cautious as they wait for direction from economic reports and technical trends.