Gold Enters Consolidation as Markets Brace for Jerome Powell’s Speech

Gold (XAU/USD) remained in a depressed mood through the early European session and was last spotted trading around the $1939 support.

The yellow metal failed to facilitate a strong-follow through momentum from yesterday’s impressive bounce from the $1900 area, two-week low and was met with fresh supply on Thursday. The supply influx was most likely due to the 4-hour 50 SMA at the 1953 area.

However, the highly-anticipated Fed event has restrained investors from becoming aggressively bullish or bearish, which has kept gold in a consolidated state. The expectation of a dovish Fed outlook in the event has kept the US dollar (DXY) in a defensive mode, which has extended some support to the dollar-denominated commodity.

Also, the softer risk tone across markets has kept demand for the safe-haven asset. The risk-off sentiment was bolstered by the fresh leg down in the US Treasury bond yields, which might prevent further downside movement for the non-yielding commodity in the near-term. That said, investors will be waiting to see a significant rally before getting involved.

Moving on, market participants will be looking at the US economic docket today—which features the preliminary US GDP report and the Jackson Hole Symposium—for clues. Investors will be fixated on the Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the event for the next course of action.

Gold (XAU) Value Forecast — August 27

XAU/USD Major Bias: Sideways

Supply Levels: $1953, $1960, and $1983

Demand Levels: $1923, $1909, and $1900

Just as we projected in the last analysis, gold has bounced off the ascending trendline around the $1908 level, indicating that this line will continue to ‘help’ the commodity on its journey higher. It is expected that the precious metal will remain consolidated between the $1935 and the $1955 levels in the near-term as markets brace for the Symposium scheduled for two hours from press time.

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