Gold
futures declined for the fifth time in six sessions as comments by a
Federal Reserve official reignited concern that U.S. interest rates will
climb this year.
Fed
Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said over the weekend there is "good
reason" to believe inflation will accelerate, boosting speculation that
the central bank won’t delay its first rate increase since 2006.
Stubbornly low inflation along with the prospect of tighter U.S.
monetary policy has kept a lid on the metal, which doesn’t pay interest
or offer returns, unlike competing assets.
Gold
pared gains from earlier this month, when a slowdown in China and a
global market rout raised speculation that the Fed would wait longer
before raising rates. Rather than providing a refuge from the meltdown,
bullion’s volatility rose along with a measure of equity turbulence,
diminishing its appeal as a haven. The metal rose 3.4 percent in August,
the first advance since May.
In
New York, gold futures for December delivery slid 0.1 percent to settle
at $1,132.50 an ounce at 1:41 p.m. on the Comex. Prices dropped 2.2
percent last week, the most in a month.
The
probability that the Fed will increase rates before the end of 2015
rose to 63 percent on Monday, up from 48 percent a week earlier, futures
trading showed. Gold is heading for a third straight annual decline as a
resilient U.S. economy reduced some investors’ faith in the metal as a
store of value.
Silver futures for December delivery gained 0.3 percent to $14.586 an ounce on the Comex.
Source: Bloomberg
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