The Federal Reserve governor, Bowman, believes that the Fed needs to increase interest rates to bring inflation below the target of 2%. Gold prices have been negatively affected by recent increasing tensions between Russia and the UK, as well as the continued rise of the DXY index. Recent economic data from the US has impacted the future expected interest rates of the Fed. A weaker USD may lead to a gold price recovery, but it would require a catalyst such as the important CPI index happening tomorrow evening.