Gold Fundamental Analysis July 9, 2012, Forecast

Analysis and Recommendations:

Gold has declined so far today by 22.75 and continues to drop, the shiny metal is trading at 1586.65 back on its prior downtrend. As markets absorb today’s jobs report, it is now obvious that the US economy has stalled. IMF chief Christine Lagarde said that the IMF’s forecast of 3.5%growth for global GDP in 2012 will be trimmed back. She said “It is not an enormous variation, but it will be negative.” Equity markets have already done much to trim back their own growth expectations. While most major equity indices are positive for the year, almost all have posted negative returns over the past 3 months

Attempts by the three major central banks to bolster economic growth by loosening the monetary policy has probably failed to appease the market that witnessed liquidation in both commodities and equities. Now, the market attention has turned on to the monthly employment data from the US. Spot gold slipped nearly one per cent by afternoon, stretching the previous session’s losses after trading mostly steady earlier today. Weakness in euro weighed on the sentiments. Euro was hovering near its five week low levels. Surging Spanish borrowing cost in spite of central bank action fueled worries over the worsening financial situation. Spot silver too followed suit. Apprehensions over global economic growth added pressure on base metals and crude oil to move down. Base metals in LME moved into a negative territory after trading mostly steady in the morning session.  Crude oil slid as euphoria over monetary sops provided by the Central banks of China, Euro Zone and the UK waned off and reports that Norwegian government would try to end the ongoing strike amid heightened worries over global economic growth. Nymex and Brent crude oil dropped around 1.5 per cent, retreating from their recent high. In the domestic scenario, bullion, base metals and crude oil traded with a negative bias. Gold and Silver in MCX inched down while crude oil dropped more than one percent

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Upcoming Economic Events that affect the CHF, EUR, GBP and USD

Government Bond Auctions

Date  Time  Country 

Jul 09  15:30  Italy

Jul 10  00:30  Japan

Jul 10  08:30  Holland

Jul 10  09:10  Greece 

Jul 10  09:30  UK

Jul 10  14:30  UK

Jul 10  15:30  Italy

Jul 10  17:00  US

Jul 11  09:30  Germany

Jul 11  09:30  Swiss

Jul 11  17:00  US

Jul 12  09:10  Italy

Jul 12  09:30  UK

Jul 12  15:00  US

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Jul 13  09:10  Italy

Jul 13  10:00  Belgium