Gold Price Forecast: Gold After the Bear Flag Breach, CPI on Deck

Gold Price Forecast: Gold After the Bear Flag Breach, CPI on Deck https://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fundamental/daily_briefing/session_briefing/daily_fundamentals/2021/12/06/gold-price-forecast-gold-xau-usd-xauusd-after-the-bear-flag-breach-cpi-on-deck.html Gold prices broke through the bear flag but didn’t get much run thereafter. Is a bullish engulf from Friday pointing to a greater pullback in the bearish theme?

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Gold Price Forecast: Gold After the Bear Flag Breach, CPI on Deck

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