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Spot gold staged a sharp rebound after the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate hike in three years, wrapping up a three-day losing streak. Bullion rallied 2.5% to $4,368.91 per ounce in late London trade, with an intraday peak gain of 2.8% and a brief break above $4,380. Silver, platinum and palladium also advanced, while the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index remained steady.
The rebound was driven by easing Middle East oil supply disruptions and a pullback in U.S. Treasury yields, which cooled market inflation concerns. Gold ETFs saw inflows for eight consecutive trading sessions, reflecting rising bullish market sentiment, while easing hawkish Fed expectations further underpinned precious metals prices.
Analysts at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp noted that the retreat in U.S. Treasury yields has corrected previous excessive market rallies, delivering key support for gold prices. Nevertheless, persistently elevated Treasury yields and dollar levels are set to cap gold’s upward momentum and restrict its short-term gains.
Morton Wealth highlighted a fundamental shift in gold’s long-term pricing logic, stressing that U.S. fiscal deficits and unsustainable debt levels have replaced isolated Fed rate hikes as the core factor driving gold’s market trend. The institution emphasized that gold serves as a portfolio hedging tool rather than a yield-generating asset comparable to coupon-bearing U.S. Treasuries. It can deliver superior risk protection amid prolonged high inflation and weakening credibility in the U.S. dollar and Treasury market, even as 10-year Treasuries offer a 5% coupon, which fails to hedge risks stemming from fiscal deterioration and exchange rate volatility.
The firm added that America’s elevated debt-to-GDP ratio rules out the aggressive monetary tightening implemented by the Fed during the Volcker era. Sustained low interest rates have fueled continuous U.S. fiscal expansion, and the lack of effective fiscal constraints is likely to keep trillion-dollar annual deficits intact. Entrenched fiscal policies have squeezed monetary policy flexibility, with the bond market expected to force future fiscal adjustments. Market focus should no longer center on the Fed’s single 25-basis-point rate hike but on the sustainability of U.S. fiscal conditions. Eroding confidence in U.S. Treasuries will unlock gold’s full safe-haven and value-preservation potential.
Against the current fiscal-dominant market backdrop, minor Fed rate hikes are incapable of resolving deep-seated structural economic contradictions, creating favorable conditions for gold allocation.
UBS delivered a differentiated outlook for gold across time horizons. The bank acknowledged that the Fed’s higher-for-longer interest rate stance will continue to pressure gold prices in the short term. In the long run, however, swelling U.S. fiscal deficits, mounting debt burdens, a weaker U.S. dollar outlook and expectations of Fed rate cuts next year will jointly support gold’s upward trend. A price pullback toward $4,000 per ounce is regarded as a high-quality buying opportunity for investors.
