Gold price seems vulnerable amid bullish USD; $2,600 mark holds the key
Gold price (XAU/USD) struggles to capitalize on its intraday bounce from the $2,600 neighborhood, or over a one-week low and remains depressed for the second successive day heading into the European session on Tuesday. US President-elect Donald Trump's tariff threat drove some haven flows and provided a modest intraday lift to the safe-haven precious metal. That said, expectations for a less dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) caps the upside for the non-yielding yellow metal.
Meanwhile, the growing market conviction that Trump's expansionary policies will reignite inflation and force the Fed to cut interest rates slowly triggers a fresh leg up in the US Treasury bond yields. This helps the US Dollar (USD) to regain positive traction and turns out to be another factor undermining demand for the Gold price. Apart from this, optimism over Scott Bessent's nomination as the US Treasury Secretary and a possible Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire cap the XAU/USD.
Source: FXStreet