Spot gold price slides to $4,340/oz after August PPI rises 0.4%, core PPI rises 0.2% - KITCO
Spot gold price slides to $4,340/oz after August PPI rises 0.4%, core PPI rises 0.2% - KITCO
Source: KITCO
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DW NOTE
The PPI uptick matters less than the scale: producer inflation is running at 5.51% annually while the Fed holds the policy rate at 3.65%. The gold selloff to $4,340 — now down 18.5% from January's peak — reflects a market pricing in nominal rate hikes that haven't happened and ignoring real rates that remain deeply negative.