Bullion has worst daily losing streak in more than a year.
by Sharon Cho and James Poole, Bloomberg
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Gold is on track for its biggest monthly decline since June 2013 after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the improving US economy meant another interest-rate hike would probably be in order “in the coming months,” pushing the dollar to the highest since March.
Bullion for immediate delivery fell as much as 1% to $1,200.03 an ounce, the cheapest since Feb. 17, before trading at $1,203.22 by 11:51 a.m. in Singapore, according to Bloomberg generic pricing. Prices are down for the ninth day, the worst run in more than a year, and have lost 7% in May.
Yellen affirmed in comments Friday what a number of her officials said last week, that evidence of strength in the US economy meant tighter monetary policy could now be considered.