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Gold headed for a fifth weekly drop in the worst run since January after U.S. jobless claims unexpectedly fell, boosting speculation that the Federal Reserve will taper stimulus.

Bullion for immediate delivery lost as much as 0.3 percent to $1,319.99 an ounce and was at $1,322.28 at 8:47 a.m. in Singapore. The decline puts bullion in London on course for the first monthly loss since June. Gold for December delivery was 0.2 percent lower at $1,322 an ounce on the Comex.

First-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped by 5,000 to 305,000 last week, Labor Department data showed yesterday, compared with the 325,000 median projection in a Bloomberg survey. Gold has dropped 21 percent this year as speculation increased that the Federal Reserve will curb its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases and equities rallied.

Twenty-four of 41 economists surveyed by Bloomberg last week said the Fed will pare stimulus in December. The central bank unexpectedly left the program unchanged last week, spurring a 4.1 percent rally in gold on Sept. 18. Bullion rose 70 percent from December 2008 to June 2011 as the Fed pumped more than $2 trillion into the financial system by buying debt.

(Source: Bloomberg)

Dolar mencetak penurunan harian terhadap euro sebelum data hari ini yang mungkin menunjukkan pelemahan dalam tenaga kerja AS dan pasar perumahan, menegaskan keputusan Federal Reserve pekan lalu untuk menunda pengurangan stimulus.

The Bloomberg -Indeks Dollar AS tetap rendah setelah penurunan kemarin yang paling dalam seminggu sebelum laporan yang diperkirakan akan menunjukkan klaim pengangguran naik dan penjualan rumah yang sebelumnya dimiliki turun. Yen menguat terhadap sebagian besar mitra utama setelah penurunan bursa Asia menaikkan daya tariknya sebagai safe haven. Perdebatan terus berlanjut atas masalah anggaran AS, empat hari sebelum otoritas pengeluaran pemerintah federal habis dan beberapa minggu sampai negara tersebut menyentuh batas pinjaman nya.

Dolar berada pada $ 1,3519 per euro pada pukul 10:28 di Tokyo, sedikit berubah dari kemarin, ketika jatuh 0,4 persen. Ini kehilangan 0,1 persen menjadi 98,37 ¥. Greenback berada di $ 1,6075 terhadap pound setelah tergelincir 0,5 persen menjadi $ 1,6081 kemarin. Mata uang Jepang diperdagangkan di 133,01 per euro, naik 0,1 persen dari penutupan 133,14 di New York.

The Bloomberg US Dollar Index sedikit berubah pada 1,012.66 setelah turun 0,2 persen kemarin. MSCI Asia Pacific Index saham turun 0,5 persen

(Sumber: Bloomberg)        

Emas berayun antara keuntungan dan kerugian di tengah kekhawatiran bahwa Federal Reserve AS akan memperlambat laju pembelian obligasi bulanan sebelum akhir tahun setelah membiarkan program stimulus tetap berjalan bulan ini.

Bullion untuk pengiriman segera turun 0,7 persen dan naik 0,3 persen, sebelum diperdagangkan 79 sen lebih tinggi pada $ 1,324.14 per ounce pada 8:31 di Singapura. Emas untuk pengiriman Desember naik 0,7 persen menjadi $ 1,325.40 per ounce di Comex di New York.

Bullion melonjak 4,1 persen pada 18 September setelah Fed tiba-tiba menahan diri dari mengurangi $ 85000000000 pembelian obligasi bulanan. Dua puluh empat dari 41 ekonom yang disurvei Bloomberg pekan lalu mengatakan bahwa para pembuat kebijakan akan kembali skala program pada bulan Desember. Fed Bank of New York Presiden William C. Dudley mengatakan bahwa bank sentral dapat mengurangi laju pembelian tahun 2013, tergantung pada kinerja perekonomian.

Keputusan Fed untuk mempertahankan stimulus akan membantu harga hanya dalam jangka pendek, Citigroup Inc dan Morgan Stanley mengatakan pekan ini. Bullion mungkin turun di bawah $ 1.250 sebelum akhir tahun ketika data ekonomi menguatkan dan investor mengharapkan Fed untuk mulai mengurangi pembelian aset, menurut Citigroup. Komentar Dudley kemarin dalam sebuah wawancara dengan CNBC.

 (Sumber: Bloomberg)

The dollar remained lower after a two-day slide versus the yen as the U.S. government moves closer to a shutdown with lawmakers wrangling over the debt limit.

The greenback held losses against most of its 16 major counterparts before Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto speaks today, after New York Fed President William C. Dudley said yesterday the economy still needs support. The euro remained lower after its biggest one-day drop in two weeks ahead of a speech by European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny.

The dollar was little changed at 98.71 yen as of 10:05 a.m. in Tokyo, after falling 0.6 percent in the previous two days. It fetched $1.3495 per euro after rising 0.2 percent to $1.3493 yesterday, the biggest gain since Sept. 5. Europe’s shared currency bought 133.21 yen from yesterday, when it declined 0.7 percent to 133.37 yen.

The dollar has fallen 2 percent against the euro this month and is set for a 3.6 percent quarterly drop, the most since the period through March 2011. The greenback has risen 0.6 percent since Aug. 31 versus the yen, paring its decline this quarter to 0.4 percent.

(Source: Bloomberg)