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Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD consolidates around $3,550 ahead of US NFP data for August
Gold price (XAU/USD) trades in a tight range around $3,350 during the European trading session on Friday. The precious metal consolidates as investors await the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for August, which will be published at 12:30 GMT. Investors will pay close attention to the US official labor market data as it will influence market expectations for the interest rate outlook. Fed dovish expectations intensified in early August after the July’s NFP report showed a significant revision in employed figures of May and June on the downside. Lower interest rates by the Fed improves demand for ... (full story)
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The BLS is experiencing technical difficulties ahead of the Nonfarm Payrolls data at 08:30 ET.
Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in August (+22,000) and has shown little change since April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. The unemployment rate, at 4.3 percent, also changed little in August. A job gain in health care was partially offset by losses in federal government and in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas ...
From brecorder.com | Sep 5, 2025
Gold prices rose on Friday and were on track for their best week in three months, supported by growing expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut this month, as attention turns to the U.S. non-farm payrolls data due later in the day. Spot gold was up 0.3% at $3,556.21 per ounce, as of 0332 GMT, hovering near an all-time high of $3,578.50 touched on Wednesday. ...
