Gold prices fell on Thursday, as dollar strengthened after US Federal Reserve's policy meeting minutes showed that its officials were largely on board to start easing bond purchases this year. Spot gold fell 0.7% to $1,774.41 per ounce by 0315 GMT, heading for its biggest one-day percentage decline since Aug. 9. US gold futures fell 0.2% to $1,781.60. The dollar index scaled
The doubling of Wall Street’s S&P 500 index from its March 2020 level is not on indication of economic health but an expression of the parasitism resulting from the Fed’s trillions of dollars of financial support.