For now, the market seems secure with a 25 basis point gain at next week's policy meeting. According to the CME's FedWatch tool, there is a 99.8% chance that the Fed will raise rates by 25 basis points at the next meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's policymaking body.
The FedWatch tool is predicting that, after this month's rate hike, the Fed will pause at its September meeting with an 83.9% probability and the likelihood that interest rates will continue to hold between 5.25-5.5% through the end of the year.
On the other hand, gold is also difficult to break through in the context of China's slow economic growth. In the second quarter of 2023, China recorded GDP growth of 6.3%, lower than the expectation of 6.9%. China's economic slowdown may lead to a decline in the country's demand for gold.