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Gold lending rates roar back after jobs data

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Josephine Mason
Reuters
Friday, December 5, 2014

NEW YORK -- The cost of lending gold returned to positive territory on Friday for the first time in over a month, capping a dramatic week-long recovery, as robust U.S. jobless data reinforced expectations of higher interest rates next year.

The news sent spot gold prices down more than 1 percent as investors bet the U.S. central bank would increase rates sooner than expected, and sparked a rally in the U.S. dollar, which hit its highest level against the yen since 2007.

It lifted the gold forward rates (GOFO), with one-month rates rising to 0.12 percent, to their highest since end-September and up from negative 0.01 percent a day earlier. ...

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