Gold Price Forecast: Neutral
- US dollar[1] weakness should be pushing gold[2] back above $1,500/oz. and higher.
- US-China ‘phase one’ talks and Brexit negotiations weigh on risk-off assets.
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Gold in Limbo on Balanced Risk Sentiment
The outlook for gold next week is neutral with the precious metal expected to remain rangebound as markets swing gently from risk-on to risk-off. There are a number of conflicting forces are in-play currently with no single driver gaining the upper hand.
The US dollar has been weakening over the last 3 weeks, off its highest level since May 2017, as traders’ price in further interest rate cuts in 2019 with a 0.25% cut nearly fully priced in for this month. A weaker US dollar is normally a positive driver for gold, but this has not been the case for the last few weeks with the inverse-correlation between the two asset classes seemingly broken for now. A weaker USD[3] makes gold cheaper to buy for investors.
US-China trade talks continue with US officials saying that both sides are working on ‘phase one’ of a trade deal text with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping expected to meet next month to hopefully sign off on the deal. Any cessation of the 15-month old US-China trade war would be met by a boost to riskier assets, to the detriment of gold any other safe-haven asset classes.
The long-running Brexit saga may well be coming to a close this weekend with the UK parliament voting on whether to ratify a newly agreed deal between the UK and the EU. The vote is expected to be very close and if UK PM Johnson is successful in getting the bill passed, riskier
