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Gold heads for sharpest weekly decline in four months on Fed rate outlook

Gold prices took a hit on Friday amid strong indicators of US economic growth and climbing oil prices. Spot gold prices sank to their lowest since August, and US gold futures mirrored the drop. Positive employment figures showed a decrease in unemployment claims, hinting at stronger job growth in October.

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This direct pressure on the movement of world markets comes from a sustained rise in oil prices, accompanied by strong American economic data that enhanced the expectations and weights of the Federal Reserve (Central Bank) to maintain [...] The post interest rates press yellow metal. Gold is heading for a steep weekly landing near the $4,000 levels appeared first on the south.

The decline in gold prices in global markets has shocked investors in the price of gold per gram. As of 07:45 Turkish time on October 23, 2026, the price of gold per gram had fallen to 6,405 TL, representing a weekly loss of 3.35 percent. If this trend continues, it will mark the fastest weekly decline in the price of gold per gram in approximately the last four months. Analysts state that the risk of high oil prices, high inflation, and high in…

Gold prices fell on Friday as higher oil prices reinforced expectations that interest rates would remain high for an extended period, and investors focused on next week's Federal Reserve meeting.

Gold prices fell today Friday and tended to record the largest weekly decline in more than four months, with high oil prices and powerful American economic data boosting expectations that the Federal Reserve (the United States Central Bank) will maintain interest rates at higher levels for a longer period. Gold fell in immediate transactions 0.1 per cent to $4018.69 per ounce by [...].

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The Economic Times broke the news in Mumbai, India on Friday, October 23, 2026.
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