21 Months. A Broken Trendline. And Fed Minutes That Changed the Conversation.
21 Months. A Broken Trendline. And Fed Minutes That Changed the Conversation. Dear investor. Gold at $ 4,485 today. Silver at $ 65.54 . Three developments defined this week and all three point toward the same conclusion. The July Federal Reserve minutes released this afternoon confirmed that the probability of a September rate hike has fallen to 35 %. The internal FOMC debate about the pace of tightening is real and it is shifting. Weaker jobs data, moderate inflation and a deteriorating housing market are doing what months of analysis predicted: narrowing the Fed's room to tighten further without breaking something. Gold responded immediately, breaking above resistance levels that have held since June. The technical picture in silver this week is the most constructive it has been in months. The metal has been forming a base above its critical $ 60 support zone and is now testing a descending trendline in place since February. Analysts have identified an a...