Daily News Nuggets | Today’s top stories for gold and silver investors December 9th, 2025 Gold Treads Water Ahead of Fed’s “Hawkish Cut” Gold is holding near $4,200 per ounce as markets prepare for the Federal Reserve’s decision this week. Traders are pricing in an 89% chance of a 25-basis-point cut on Wednesday, but attention … Read more

The Federal Reserve is confronting a difficult trade-off as stress in the bond market grows: it must decide whether to focus on curbing rising inflationary pressures in the Treasury market or to yield to President Trump’s calls for lower interest rates. With the 10-year term premium climbing to levels not seen since 2014 and long-term … Read more

In today’s update: Institutional gold repricing is no longer hypothetical — this week Russia sold gold at its fastest rate since 2002, Perth Mint posted a record $40 billion in bullion exports, and the US Senate introduced a bipartisan bill to modernize precious metals storage for the first time since the 1970s. Five separate developments … Read more

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep its policy interest rate unchanged in its upcoming meeting, maintaining the federal funds rate in the current 4.25%–4.50% range. While no immediate change to the target rate is anticipated, the central bank may update its economic outlook and revise projections for future rate cuts. Since late last … Read more

The United States and China have agreed to a temporary tariff reduction for 90 days while they continue negotiations to resolve broader trade disputes. Under the arrangement announced after talks in Switzerland, U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut from 145% to 30%, and China will lower tariffs on U.S. goods to 10% for … Read more

The Strait of Hormuz has been closed since February. That fact alone pushed oil above $90, helped lift US inflation to 4.2%, constrained the Federal Reserve’s policy options, and pressured gold to fall more than 20% from its January high — not because the broader outlook improved, but because a war-driven inflation shock removed room … Read more

If you follow financial markets, you’ve probably noticed a familiar pattern: gold prices often rise when the U.S. dollar weakens and fall when the dollar strengthens. That inverse relationship between gold and the dollar is one of the most observed dynamics in global markets. Analysts reference it, investors monitor it, and it provides a helpful … Read more

Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin warned that interest rates may need to rise rather than fall to keep inflation under control. Speaking to a local club in Virginia, he said that a number of economic changes could make inflation harder to manage going forward. For years, powerful forces helped restrain price pressures, but the economy … Read more

Silver reached a nominal high of $121.64 on January 29, 2026, and trades at $63.78 today. If you missed the rally or bought near the peak, the practical question is: when comparing the American Silver Eagle, Canadian Silver Maple Leaf, and British Silver Britannia, which one should you buy? All three are government-backed, IRA-eligible, one-troy-ounce … Read more

Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, has lowered his projection for interest rate cuts in 2024 from two reductions to a single cut, citing tariffs as a significant barrier to bringing inflation down. He now expects inflation to reach the Fed’s 2% target by early 2027, later than he previously anticipated … Read more