The minutes from the FOMC revealed nothing, changed nothing, except to tell people the economy is getting stronger but not leaving rubber. That’s really no surprise.
Recent Reports
The euro turned bullish today and that drove the U.S. dollar down, thus pushing gold prices up.
The tensions in Ukraine between, on one level the eastern and western parts of the country, and on the other between Russia and the West, are rising.
Gold rose at the hands of traders and investors early in the day, until they eased up and a stronger dollar weighed on gold prices.