Warsh Said the PCE Drop Was “Not Much” of a Consideration. Gold Agreed.

June PCE fell to 3.7% — the number gold investors spent the week watching. Gold opened $34 higher anyway. Fed Chair Warsh said the cooler reading was “not much” of a consideration. Here is the mechanism behind the move, and the GDP number nobody was talking about.

Gold at $4,100. Silver Still Stuck Below $60. Five Signals Define the Next Six Weeks.

The Fed held rates for the fifth straight meeting. PCE cooled. Gold crossed $4,100. Silver still can’t break $60. Here are five signals defining the next six weeks before Jackson Hole.