Cooling U.S. CPI could push gold prices above $1,900, but now is not the time to chase the market - analysts

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Thursday, U.S. Labor Department will release its much-anticipated Consumer Price Index and economists expect that prices significantly cooled in December. Annual inflation is forecasted to rise 6.5%, down from 7.1% reported in November. "Gold's price action during the past week has, in my opinion, showed us the correct direction for 2023, but while the direction is correct, I believe the timing could be wrong," he said. "While momentum supports technical and speculative buying - for now primarily through short covering - activity in ETF market from longer-term investors remain tepid, raising the short-term risk of a correction.

Fritsch added that if the market starts to believe the U.S. central bank's monetary policy forecasts, gold could see some renewed selling pressure.

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