{
  "id": 3885069,
  "title": "Silver Price Forecast: XAG/USD slips below $69.00 ahead of Fed Chair speech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/silver-price-forecast-xag-usd-slips-below-69-00-ahead-of-fed-chair",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T04:08:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FXStreet",
    "slug": "fxstreet",
    "url": "https://www.fxstreet.com/news/silver-price-forecast-xag-usd-slips-below-6900-ahead-of-fed-chair-speech-202608280408"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Silver prices slipped below $69.00 on Friday, trading at $68.80 per troy ounce during Asian hours. The decline followed modest gains the previous day and was triggered by investors adopting a cautious stance ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's upcoming speech at the Jackson Hole symposium. Higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data and the likelihood of a potential rate hike before year-end fueled this sell-off. However, traders anticipate a pause in rate hikes at the September meeting, with a 65% probability that rates will remain unchanged. Silver may find support from the ongoing debasement trade and the increasing demand for the metal as a hedge during high-inflation periods.",
  "summary": "Silver price (XAG/USD) depreciates after registering modest gains in the previous day, trading around $68.80 per troy ounce during the Asian hours on Friday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Gold treads water ahead of Fed Warsh's Jackson Hole speech",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/gold-treads-water-ahead-of-fed-warshs-jackson-hole-speech",
        "published": "2026-08-28T00:46:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "Canadian Dollar flatlines as traders await Jackson Hole Symposium",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/canadian-dollar-flatlines-as-traders-await-jackson-hole-symposium",
        "published": "2026-08-28T05:10:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}