US inflation expectations, as measured by the 10-year breakeven inflation rate per the St. Louis Federal Reserve data, dropped for the third consecutive day to by the end of Thursday’s American session, per the FRED website. That said, the inflation gauge dropped to the 2.46% level at the latest, the lowest readings since December 21.
The softer inflation expectations test the market fears of the Fed’s early rate hike, which in turn challenge US Treasury yields and US dollar advances. It’s worth noting that the recently hawkish Fedspeak and FOMC Minutes weighed on the commodity prices.
Gold licks its wound around $1,790 while bracing for the first weekly fall in four during early Friday’s Asian session. The yellow metal seesaws near a 12-day low amid the market’s cautious mood ahead of the US jobs report for December.
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