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Goldman Tells Gold to Wait Outside Until the Fed Changes Its Tone
· New York time
Goldman Sachs strategists have changed their gold expectations and say it is early to buy the metal, citing the Federal Reserve's hawkish shift. Even a shiny asset, it turns out, must wait for a meeting about interest rates. A hawkish central bank places emphasis on restraining inflation, a stance that can influence expectations for rates and the appeal of different assets. Gold does not pay interest, so the outlook for interest-bearing alternatives can matter when investors compare where to put money. Goldman's assessment ties its change in expectations to that monetary backdrop. The bank's view is a forecast, not a guarantee about the next move in gold. The word early is doing substantial work: it is a judgment about timing as well as the forces affecting the market. Another investor could weigh those forces differently or reach a different conclusion about when they will change. The assessment also illustrates how a supposedly timeless store of value can be caught in a very timely argument about the Fed. Gold has no earnings call and does not issue guidance, but it still finds itself in a research note about what policymakers might do. The metal remains silent. The calendar is doing the talking.
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