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Fed Taper Fears Drive Gold To 5 Month Low

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Gold traded near a five-month low, after the biggest one-day drop since October, as investors assessed whether the U.S. economy is strong enough to warrant a reduction in monetary stimulus.
Gold lost 27 percent this year, touching a 34-month low of $1,180.50 in June, on speculation the Federal Reserve will start paring its quantitative easing program that drove a 12th annual advance in 2012. Data showed yesterday that while U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly accelerated in November at the fastest pace in more than two years, retail spending fell on the weekend after Thanksgiving for the first time since 2009.

via Bloomberg

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Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency
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