Daily digest market movers: Gold price drops as investors see Isran-Israel tensions stalling
- Gold price retreats from fresh all-time highs near $2,430 as investors see Iran’s air strike on the Israeli state only as a retaliation to the attack on their embassy in Syria near Damascus. Tensions between Iran and Israel are not expected to escalate further as Tehran said, “the matter deemed to be closed.” However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- The statement from the United States that it will not support the counterattack from Israel has boosted confidence among investors that Middle East tensions will not escalate further. Over the weekend, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles aimed at Israel.
- Meanwhile, uncertainty over the Federal Reserve (Fed) pivoting to rate cuts has weighed heavily on Gold. Financial markets have shifted their expectations for Fed rate cuts to the September meeting as the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) report turned out hotter than expected in March.
- San Francisco Fed Bank President Mary Daly said on Friday that there is no urgency to reduce interest rates. Daly added that there is still more work to do to ensure that inflation is on course to return to the desired rate of 2%. She also emphasised keeping interest rates restrictive as long as inflation is necessary to return to the 2% target.
- Separately, Boston Fed Bank President Susan Collins said she hopes demand will start slowing and will support bringing down inflation later this year. Collins said she forecasted two rate cuts in the latest dot plot, in which most Fed members projected the central bank reducing interest rates three times by year-end.
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