With rapidly weakening inflation, a feeble economy, and one hawkish policymaker changing tack, traders are heaping bets on a reduction as soon as March.
The gold price hit a 6-month high against a falling US Dollar on Tuesday, holding above $2000 for a 3rd session running as Western stock markets cut November s steep gains on less certainty over Fed interest-rate cuts
"Europe will face a continuous decline in the working population" "As our societies age, we will need to implement new technologies so that we can produce more with fewer workers"
Christine Lagarde warned on Friday that quick disinflation may be ending soon and price growth could even accelerate in the near term as high energy prices get knocked out of year-on-year comparisons