Market Watch: Economic Events and Factors Affecting Gold on March 2, 2023

As the European session opens on a lackluster Thursday, the gold price (XAU/USD) hovers around its intraday low of $1,831.


The rise in US Treasury bond yields, which has recently tested the bulls on Wall Street and weighed on S&P 500 futures, is the market’s response to concerns about the hawkish stance of the Fed and the friction between the US and China. Encouraging data from the US ISM Manufacturing PMI for February and articles from the New York Times (NYT) imply the possible tension between the US and China.

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