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Gold & Silver – Daily Outlook August 15
Gold and silver declined again for the second straight day. Will this weakness in the bullion market continue? The Euro Area GDP contracted during the second quarter of 2012 by 0.2%. This news may have contributed to the decline of not only the Euro but also bullion rates. On the other hand, the positive news from the U.S on the rise in retail sales may have helped rally major commodities prices. U.S PPI rose by 0.3% during last month, while core PPI increased by 0.4%. This news tends to be negatively related with the prices of precious metals. On today’s agenda: the Minutes of the MPC Meeting, U.S Core Consumer Price Index, and U.S. TIC Long Term Purchases.
The complete forecast of gold and silver for August 15th at Trading NRG
On Tuesday, Gold slipped by 0.65% to $1,602.1; Silver also edged down by 0.01% to $27.85. During August, gold declined by 0.77%; silver, by 0.24%.
On Today’s Agenda
U.S Core CPI: According to the U.S Bureau of Labor statistics during June, the core CPI rose by 0.2% (M-o-M) and the index increased over the last 12 months by 2.2%; the CPI remained unchanged last month;
U.S. TIC Long Term Purchases: The Treasury International Capital report will present the changes in the purchases and sales of US long term treasuries in June 2012. In the previous report regarding May 2012, the net foreign sales of U.S Treasuries longer-term notes reached $55 billion;
Currencies / Bullion Market –August Update
The Euro/ USD changed direction again and edged down on Tuesday by 0.09% to 1.2322. Further, other currencies including AUD also depreciated on Tuesday. The linear correlation between gold and Euro is still robust: during the past several weeks, the correlation between the gold and EURO/USD was 0.50 (daily percent changes). Therefore, if the Euro will trade down against the USD, it could also pull down precious metals.
Daily Outlook
Gold and silver prices continued to trade down and as long as there is no big surprise from the U.S or Europe the bullion market will remain at their respective range. The upcoming U.S reports including CPI and TIC Long Term Purchases could affect bullion prices as indicated above.
Finally, if the Euro and other “risk currencies” will continue to dwindle against the USD it could contribute to the decline of precious metals rates.
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