Fed Chairman News
Powell is to succeed current Fed chair Janet Yellen, when her terms expire on February 3.
Low rates cut the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding assets such as bullion, while depressing the dollar, in which it is priced.
Yellen's decision gives Trump in his first year in office the chance to fill five positions on the Fed's seven-member board, in addition to picking Powell to be the next Fed chairman.
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