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Spot Gold kept rallying on Tuesday, peaking at the beginning of the day at $2,304.81 a troy ounce, a fresh record high. The bright metal benefited from the broad US Dollar’s weakness as Federal Reserve (Fed) officials aligned beyond Chairman Jerome Powell and worked on cooling hopes for soon-to-come rate cuts. Despite the central bank having maintained three potential cuts in the dot plot, market players are now hoping for two in the best-case scenario.
Fed Chair Powell made it clear that policymakers are in no rush to cut rates, particularly considering the economic strength, inflation still above target, and the tight labor market. Speaking of which, the United States (US) is heading into publishing the March Nonfarm Payrolls report on Friday. The country is expected to have added 200K new job positions in the month, while the Unemployment Rate is foreseen unchanged at 3.9%. A better-than-anticipated outcome will help the USD recover ground ahead of the weekly close, although softer-than-expected figures could push XAU/USD beyond the mentioned record high.