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Spot gold has just broken through the $4,670.00/ounce level, now trading at $4,670.08/ounce, up 0.25% on the day; COMEX gold futures main contract is currently at $4,727.30/ounce, up 0.70% on the day.

Survey: Nearly 60% of economists expect the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates to 1.25% in September

Spot gold has just surpassed the $4,660.00/ounce mark, last quoted at $4,660.09/ounce, up 0.03% on the day; the main COMEX gold futures contract is currently quoted at $4,717.40/ounce, up 0.49% on the day.

According to CME "FedWatch": there is a 60.4% probability that the Federal Reserve will keep rates unchanged by September, and a 39.6% probability of a cumulative 25-basis-point rate hike. By October, the probability of maintaining the current rate is 45.7%, the probability of a cumulative 25-basis-point rate hike is 44.7%, and the probability of a cumulative 50-basis-point hike is 9.7%.