Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD eyes $1,880 as investors digest Powell’s guidance and Biden’s SOTU
- Gold price is aiming to recapture $1,880.00 as the risk appetite is improving.
- Investors have shrugged-off uncertainty from Powell’s speech and US Biden’s SOTU meeting.
- The Fed might continue keeping rates higher for a longer period as the entire disinflationary process seems complicated.
Gold price (XAU/USD) aims to capture the immediate resistance of $1,880.00 in the Asian session. The precious metal rebounded after dropping to near $1870.00 and is expected to add gains ahead as the risk appetite of the market participants is improving.
Investors have digested the hawkish guidance on interest rates delivered by Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell and US President Joe Biden’s commentary at State of the Union (SOTU).
Fed chair Jerome Powell cleared that the central bank will hike interest rates further if the labor market report continues to surprise the market on the upside. The Fed is committed to raising the inflation rate to 2%; therefore, higher interest rates will continue to stay longer.
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden sounded tough on China, citing that “The United States is in strongest position from decades to compete with China or anyone else.”
Risk-perceived assets like S&P500 futures have ignored Powell’s hawkish commentary and US Biden’s harsh statement on China. They have recovered losses displayed in the Asian session, portraying a risk-on market mood. The US Dollar Index (DXY) is struggling to firm its feet and is expected to resume its downside journey. Also, the 10-year US Treasury yields have slipped to near 3.65%.
Gold technical analysis
Gold price is forming an Inverted Flag chart pattern on a four-hour scale, indicating a sheer consolidation, followed by a breakdown in the same. Usually, the consolidation phase of the chart pattern serves as an inventory adjustment in which those participants initiate shorts, which prefer to enter an auction after establishing a bearish bias.
The Gold price is also struggling to sustain above the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement (from November 11 low at $1,617.32 to February 2 high at $1,959.20) at $1,878.00.
The 20-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $1,882.20 acts as a significant barricade for the Gold price.
Meanwhile, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) is struggling to cross 40.00, which indicates an absence of strength in the Gold bulls.
Gold four-hour chart
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Sagar Dua
FXStreet
Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.
