Gold: Rate Hikes and the US Presidential Election

by Bob Kirtley
Gold Seek

The next ten days or so will present gold with two major events both of which could impact on gold in different ways depending on their particular outcome and they are as follows:

1. Possible interest rate hikes in the US as the FOMC meet

2. The US Presidential Election

FOMC

The long shadow of interest rate hikes in the US has haunted the precious metals sector for the last two years and is possibly the most important single threat to gold continuing its rally.

The Federal Reserve has pushed the mantra that they want to ‘normalize’ rates following a period of Quantitative Easing.

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