Beginning on Tuesday, March 7, a series of events and reports most certainly will have a tremendous impact on the direction of gold prices as well as the magnitude of gold’s overall price gains or losses.

Market participants continue to be laser-focused on upcoming changes to the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.

A major component of dollar weakness today was a report out of China indicating that their manufacturing complex is in a period of robust growth. This is a major component of China’s economic reopening following its massive shutdown.