金价承受跌势，因美国通胀飙升引发担忧，美联储可能需要进一步加息以控制物价。
Gold held a decline as a jump in US inflation stoked worries the Federal Reserve will have to raise interest rates further to keep prices under control.
现货黄金在前一日下跌1.3%后，徘徊在每盎司4105美元附近，而白银则维持较前一交易日6%的跌幅。美国劳工统计局周三的数据显示，消费者价格指数月环比上涨0.6%，为自4月以来的最大涨幅，原因是能源成本居高不下。
Bullion traded near $4,105 an ounce after slumping 1.3% the day before, while silver held a 6% loss from the previous session. Data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday showed that the consumer price index rose 0.6% on a monthly basis, the fastest since April, due to elevated energy costs.
由于美伊战争导致能源供应中断引发全球通胀和央行紧缩，黄金一直承受高借贷成本的压力，自那以来已累计下跌逾20%。
Gold has labored under high borrowing costs, losing more than 20% since energy supply disruptions due to the US-Iran war triggered global inflation and central bank tightening.
在该数据公布后，投资者将美联储本月晚些时候会议加息的预期提高至约30%。美国国债收益率接近多年高点，美元升至一年多来的最高水平，使得以美元计价的贵金属变得更昂贵。
Investors increased their bets of a rate hike at the Fed’s meeting later this month to about 30% after the print. Treasury yields were near multiyear highs while the dollar rose to the highest in more than a year, making the precious metal priced in the currency more expensive.
芝加哥联邦储备银行总裁奥斯坦·古尔斯比表示，该数据“令人沮丧”，并警告与人工智能相关的基础设施建设也可能导致经济过热。他补充称，目前仍为时过早，无法判断利率是否足够高以实现央行2%的通胀目标。
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said the data was “discouraging,” and warned the buildout of infrastructure related to artificial intelligence may also be overheating the economy. He added it’s still too soon to know whether interest rates are high enough at this point to deliver on the central bank’s 2% inflation goal.
投资者将密切关注美联储主席凯文·沃什在央行于周六进入媒体禁言期之前，即10月27-28日会议前的最后政策线索。沃什将于纽约时间周四晚些时候在曼谷的国际货币基金组织会议上发表讲话。
Investors will track final clues on monetary policy from Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh before the central bank begins a media black-out on Saturday before the Oct. 27-28 meeting. He is due to speak late Thursday New York time at the International Monetary Fund meetings in Bangkok.
新加坡时间上午7:32，现货黄金基本持平于每盎司4102.60美元。白银报价为55.53美元，铂金和钯金变化不大。彭博美元现货指数（衡量美元的指标）下跌0.1%。
Spot gold was mostly unchanged at $4,102.60 an ounce at 7:32 a.m. Singapore time. Silver was flat at $55.53. Platinum and palladium were little changed. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, a gauge of the US currency, was 0.1% lower.