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Gold

On Friday’s report I spoke about the fact that the major central banks have been quietly accumulating and adding to their gold reserves.

According to Forbes, beginning in 2010 the major central banks around the world began to become net purchasers of gold, rather than sellers of gold. According to their data in 2017 official sector activity rose 36% to 366 tons. Although the top 10 central banks with the largest gold reserves have remained mostly unchanged over the last few years.

Precious metals continue to react favorably as market participants and traders digest the most recent statement from the Federal Reserve which was released at the conclusion of yesterday’s FOMC meeting.

Traders and market participants waited with bated breath for the release of this month’s FOMC statement following conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee Meeting today. The anticipation was not alleviated until the end of the press conference which started one half hour after the FOMC meeting ended and the Fed statement was released.

They say that the only certainty is death and taxes. However, in the case of this month’s FOMC meeting, the CME FedWatch Tool is predicting that there is a 98.7% probability that the Federal Reserve will not announce an interest rate hike at the conclusion of tomorrow’s meeting.