Latest comments from Federal Reserve officials implied that the central bank may taper its stimulus program as early as next month
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures fell Tuesday to settle at their lowest level in a month as the latest comments from Federal Reserve officials implied that the central bank may taper its stimulus program as early as next month. December gold GCZ3 -1.29% lost $9.90, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,271.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices closed at their lowest since Oct. 11, according to FactSet data tracking the most-active contracts
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âThe jobs report Friday, thatâs really what changed the idea that we could have a December taper, and ever since then youâve had more and more comments coming out of the Fed that perhaps it is on the table,âJames Paulsen, the Minneapolis-based chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management, which oversees about $340 billion, said in a phone interview.
âLast night it was Fisher and now Lockhart. What he came out and said today isnât earth-shattering but it does add to the momentum to the idea.â
<b>Taper Debate</b>
âSome discussion of tapering could well take placeâ next month, Fed Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said today in a Bloomberg Radio interview with Kathleen Hays. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said in a speech in Melbourne today that monetary accommodation âbecomes riskier by the day.â