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Gold has a strong price decline as near certain rate-hike increases dollar index value to one-year high
Gold retreated on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar climbed to its strongest level in more than a year, lifting the cost of bullion for buyers holding other currencies and reminding the market that, for now, the path of Federal Reserve policy is doing far more to move metals than events overseas. That shift in focus is exactly what traders are talking about. "Right now gold and silver aren't really looking to the Middle East. I think they're more looking closely at what the Federal Reserve said last week," noted Bob Haberkorn, senior market strategist at StoneX. The "something" the Fed said carried a distinctly hawkish ... (full story)