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Gold prices’ recent slump comes ahead of an expected slowdown in both fiscal and monetary stimulus out of the United States.

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With this month’s meeting of the ECB’s policymaking Governing Council now out of the way, there is little to stop the Euro from appreciating as tighter Eurozone monetary policy draws closer.