115 words, six meetings: Why the Fed keeps shrinking the record
The July minutes arrived on Wednesday and the line that matters sits near the end, in the paragraph most readers will already have scrolled past.

The July minutes arrived on Wednesday and the line that matters sits near the end, in the paragraph most readers will already have scrolled past.
The US Treasury moved off its own calendar on Wednesday, and that is the part worth sitting with.
The US Dollar (USD) is under strong selling pressure on Wednesday, resulting in Gold approaching the $4,500 mark for the first time in over two months.
Gold is looking back toward the $4,400 level early Wednesday, reversing a steep pullback seen on Tuesday. All eyes now remain on the Minutes of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) July policy meeting, due later on Wednesday, for fresh trading impetus.
Base case: while above the 200-day SMA around 0.6940, spot should maintain the neutral-to-bullish stance. Of note is that the pair is approaching the overbought zone, which carries the potential to, eventually, trigger a “technical” correction.
Gold is retreating after hitting three-day highs just below $4,450 early Tuesday, and is flirting with $4,400 as of writing.