watch nowGold prices surged to a fresh record on Monday as investors wait for key inflation data and clues from Federal Reserve officials about the prospect of more rate cuts to come.Spot gold is now over $3,700 per ounce. So far this year, bullion has notched roughly three dozen record closes, gaining more than 40% as of Friday.As a safe-haven investment, gold tends to perform well in low-interest-rate environments and during periods of political and financial uncertainty. Investors see gold as protective ...

Gold (GC=F) futures opened $3,727.30 per ounce on Wednesday. The price of gold has gained 41.6% this year. The Fed announces its next interest rate decision today. Investors widely expect the Fed to lower the federal funds target rate by 25 basis points. It is less certain how the policymaking committee will rule on interest rates at its next two meetings in October and December. Analysts will try to glean hints from Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET and the Fed’s latest dot plot. ...

Gold (GC=F) futures opened at $3,662 per ounce on Wednesday, up 0.5% from Tuesday’s close of $3,643.30. The price of gold first rose above $3,600 on September 5. Investors are pricing in an interest rate reduction on Sept. 17, but two inflation reports this week could complicate the Fed’s decision-making. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will publish the producer price index today and the consumer price index on Thursday. Both reports are expected to show prices rose 0.3% in August, the month many of P ...