The USD is up 5% in the last 3 months and gold is holding just above $1269/oz, as we write. The presidential election might be center stage but the possibility of a rate hike before the year end is being eagerly observed.
Outside the meeting, a street theatre re-enactment of the destruction of the Doce River in Minas Gerais, Brazil, was accompanied by testimonials from frontline visitors affected by the company’s operations in Brazil, Colombia and Indonesia.