Gold closed at $872.20 in New York yesterday and was down $8.30 but silver
closed at $17.07 and was up 23 cents. Both have rallied in Asia and in early
European trading.
The dollar is flat after yesterday's weakness but oil is up again (another
nearly 2%) after yesterday's surge and this is leading to gold buying.
Gold continues to consolidate between $850 and $950 and there appears to be
very strong support at the 200 day moving average at $852 especially given
the prevailing macroeconomic climate and the ever important supply/demand fundamentals
(as outlined yesterday).
With Trichet pointing to higher interest rates in the Eurozone in the coming
months in order to combat deepening inflation pressures, the dollar is likely
to come under further pressure which bodes well for gold. Especially with inflation
in the U.S. having increased to at least 4% and yet interest rates remaining
near record lows at a hugely expansionary 2%. As we have stated for months,
cheap money created the problem and no amount of cheap money will rectify the
situation indeed it could make things considerably worse in the form of runaway
inflation and stagflation.
It is difficult to fathom how anyone can construe negative real interest rates
in the U.S, surging money supplies in the U.S. and internationally and printing
presses in full effect globally as in any way gold bearish and shows massive
myopia and or bias.
Gold's fundamentals remain as sound as ever and it will continue to outperform
the majority of asset classes for the foreseeable future.
Today's Data and Influences
The eurozone economic calendar is light today, with German industrial production
data the main feature.
Thus, all eyes today will be on the U.S. non-farm payrolls numbers. The consensus
forecast is for a fall on the month of 58,000, though this week's ADP employment
numbers and yesterday's weekly jobless claims figures were both better than
had been anticipated.
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