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Signs of Life Punctures Gold Price Surge For Now

The U.S. Comex gold futures dropped slightly by 0.1 percent in the past two days and fell 0.85 percent this week, ending at $1,744.70 on Thursday. While the Dollar Index rebounded on Thursday by 0.44 percent, it is still down by about 0.38 percent this week. The world stock markets did well with the S&P 500 Index rising 2 percent, the Euro Stoxx 50 Index surging 4.26 percent and the emerging markets stocks jumping 1.67 percent this week.

The enthusiasm for gold has waned a bit given stronger data from the U.S. and China which may mean policy makers do not need to stimulate the economy as much. The September housing starts in the U.S. rose 15 percent while an index of U.S. leading indicators jumped 0.6 percent in September. Still it is highly unlikely for the Fed to change its QE3 decision in the October FOMC meeting. After slowing down for seven quarters, China’s economy appears to be bottoming out. Q3 real GDP rose as expected by 7.4 percent year-on-year, industrial production in September jumped 9.2 percent while retail sales climbed 14.2 percent.

The events at the EU Summit are unnerving gold investors as well - Spain still has not requested any formal aid and appears to wait until the EU leaders approve the banking supervision process. The new system, to be headed by the ECB, is expected to cover all the Euro-area banks beginning January 1, 2014, a year later than planned. There are no agreements yet on how large the ECB’s authority should be or how the banking losses should be shared.

While gold prices are going back and forth due to economic data from the major economies and political discussions in Europe, the World Gold Council cited four key reasons why gold price is supportive in the long term: rising inflation risk, rising economic imbalances because of distorted low interest rates, weakening trend of major currencies, low real rates and continuing demand for gold by emerging countries.

The next few important events to watch will be the U.S. September existing home sales on 19 October, the U.S. Presidential debate on 22 October, the FOMC meeting conclusions, the October Eurozone manufacturing PMI and the October Chinese flash HSBC manufacturing PMI on 24 October and the U.S. Q3 GDP data on 26 October.

Austin Kiddle
Sharps Pixley, London
www.SharpsPixley.com

19 Oct 2012 | Categories: Gold

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