Gold price is widely followed in financial markets around the world. Gold was the basis of economic capitalism for hundreds of years until the repeal of the Gold standard, which led to the expansion of a flat currency system in which paper money doesn't have an implied backing with any physical form of monetization. AU is the code for Gold on the Periodic table of elements, and the price above is Gold quoted in US Dollars, which is the common yardstick for measuring the value of Gold across the world.
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The precious metal is in its seventh straight day of losses and has erased about 13% from its record high around $2,080.
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July’s US private payrolls data showed 324,000 jobs added, way above estimates of 189,000.
A fairly priced-in Fed meeting couldn’t spark buying momentum in gold as prices kept moving sideways.
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The decline in the value of the US dollar helped fuel demand for gold, lifting it to a 1-month high.
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