Daily digest market movers: Gold price recovers the $2,400 figure
- Gold traders are focused on the release of key economic data, including Durable Goods Orders, the preliminary Q2 GDP number, and the Core PCE for June.
- Durable Goods Orders are expected to increase from 0.1% to 0.4% month-over-month (MoM).
- The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Q2 is projected to rise from 1.4% in Q1 2024 to 1.9% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), indicating that the economy is accelerating as the year progresses.
- The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, the Core PCE, is expected to dip from 2.6% to 2.5% year-over-year (YoY).
- The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data revealed a continuation of the disinflation process in the United States (US), boosting gold prices and increasing the likelihood that the Fed will cut interest rates starting in September.
- December 2024 fed funds rate futures contract implies that the Fed will ease policy by 50 basis points (bps) toward the end of the year, up from 48 a day ago
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