{"id":47957,"date":"2025-12-12T07:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/?p=34047"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:08:21","slug":"gold-steadies-as-fed-signals-a-second-rate-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/analysis\/gold-steadies-as-fed-signals-a-second-rate-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Steadies As Fed Signals A Second Rate Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gold prices eased slightly on Friday but continued to hover near a seven-week high, buoyed by rising expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain its easing cycle into next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spot gold slipped 0.3% to $4,278.41, pulling back modestly after reaching $4,381.32 on Thursday, its strongest level since late October. US gold futures mirrored the move, declining 0.3% to $4,302.10. Even so, bullion remains on course for an impressive weekly gain of around 1.8%.<\/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 25-basis-point cut on Wednesday was accompanied by dovish remarks from Chair Jerome Powell, who reiterated a data-dependent approach while acknowledging that inflation is still somewhat elevated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the dot plot indicates only one additional cut in 2026, markets continue to price in two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Technical Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gold is holding firm just below record territory, trading at $4,278.41 with a very slight intraday decline of 0.04%. The setup remains constructive, with prices consolidating within a narrow band under the $4,381.32 high recorded in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Short-term moving averages (5-, 10-, and 30-day) continue to trend upwards in a bullish formation, and the recent daily closes above $4,270 suggest that buying interest is still strong.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/12\/xauusd-12-dec.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34048\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The MACD histogram has turned green again, with the signal lines beginning to converge \u2014 hinting at a possible resurgence in bullish momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support is located around $4,200, with stronger support near $4,050, while resistance remains capped at the all-time high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A clean break above $4,300 could open the door to a move towards the $4,450\u2013$4,500 region. For now, the overall trend remains positive, with gold appearing to coil for another potential advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Cautious Outlook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With gold remaining resilient despite bouts of profit-taking, the near-term bias stays tilted to the upside. Should the Fed maintain its dovish tone and broader data continue to point towards a softening labour market, gold could attempt to retest the $4,380\u2013$4,400 zone. However, a stronger-than-expected payrolls figure may postpone such a move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarketsmy.com\/trade-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open your live VT Markets account\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>and<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.vtmarketsmy.com\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0begin trading today.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold prices eased slightly on Friday but continued to hover near a seven-week high, buoyed by rising expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain its easing cycle into next year. Spot gold slipped 0.3% to $4,278.41, pulling back modestly after reaching $4,381.32 on Thursday, its strongest level since late October. US gold futures mirrored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/analysis\/gold-steadies-as-fed-signals-a-second-rate-cut\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":48090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47957","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\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}