{"id":36684,"date":"2025-12-12T14:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/?p=36684"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T06:30:37","slug":"gold-holds-as-fed-hints-second-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/analysis\/gold-holds-as-fed-hints-second-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Holds as Fed Hints Second Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/03\/download-4-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16678\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spot gold dips to $4,278 but remains near 7-week high<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weekly gain of 1.8% as Fed reinforces easing outlook<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MACD tilts cautiously bullish as momentum steadies above key moving averages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Gold prices edged lower on Friday but held close to a seven-week high, supported by growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue easing policy into next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spot gold dipped <strong>0.3% to $4,278.41<\/strong>, cooling slightly after touching <strong>$4,381.32<\/strong> on Thursday \u2014 the highest since late October. U.S. gold futures followed suit, slipping 0.3% to $4,302.10, but bullion remains on track for a solid <strong>1.8% weekly gain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gold eases after divided Fed rate cut vote; silver hits new high <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Oh4bvwp1A\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Oh4bvwp1A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Oh4bvwp1A\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Oh4bvwp1A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1999057856008532117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fed\u2019s <strong>25 basis point cut<\/strong> on Wednesday was accompanied by dovish commentary from Chair Jerome Powell, who signalled a data-dependent path forward while noting inflation remains somewhat elevated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jerome Powell is right to proceed cautiously at the Fed. President Trump is likely to attack him anyway, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanJLevin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonathanjlevin<\/a> says (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opinion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@opinion<\/a>)  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SARvGdSKEy\">https:\/\/t.co\/SARvGdSKEy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/business\/status\/1999059107261624621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The dot plot only showed one more cut for 2026, but the market continues to price in two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Technical Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gold is holding firm just below record highs, trading at <strong>$4,278.41<\/strong> with only a marginal intraday loss of <strong>0.04%<\/strong>. The price action remains constructive, consolidating in a tight range beneath the <strong>$4,381.32<\/strong> peak set in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Short-term moving averages (5, 10, 30-day) continue to slope upward in bullish alignment, and recent daily closes above <strong>$4,270<\/strong> suggest underlying buying pressure remains intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/03\/image-19-1024x448.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36685\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The MACD histogram has flipped back to green, with the signal lines narrowing \u2014 a sign of potentially resurgent bullish momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support sits near <strong>$4,200<\/strong>, with deeper protection around <strong>$4,050<\/strong>, while resistance is capped at the all-time high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A decisive breakout above <strong>$4,300<\/strong> could pave the way for a move toward the <strong>$4,450\u2013$4,500<\/strong> zone. For now, the trend remains favourable, with gold appearing to coil for another move higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Cautious Forecast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With gold holding firm despite profit-taking, the short-term bias remains bullish. If the Fed maintains its dovish stance and macro data point to a cooling labour market, gold could retest the <strong>$4,380\u2013$4,400<\/strong> zone. However, a strong payroll print may delay that upside push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create a live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/trade-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">VT Markets account<\/a> today to access our platform features, including market insights and educational content.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XAUUSD poised for 1.8% weekly rise as market clings to rate cut optimism. &#8211; vtmarkets.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":16678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6,13],"class_list":["post-36684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","tag-gold","tag-precious-metals"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}