Investing.com - Gold prices slipped on Monday, while the dollar was subdued against its rivals after Federal Reserve officials cautioned on the global economy.
Gold futures for December delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange edged down 0.3% to $1,219.1 a troy ounce by 1:20 AM ET (06:20 GMT).
The U.S. dollar index that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies edged up 0.08% to 96.4.
Richard Clarida, the Federal Reserve’s newly appointed vice chair, expressed caution over the global growth outlook on Friday and said "that's something that is going to be relevant" for the outlook for the U.S. economy.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan also said in a separate interview with Fox Business that he expected a growth slowdown in Europe and China.
Markets widely expect a fourth rate hike for this year at the Fed's December meeting and policymakers have pointed to two more rate hikes by June 2019.
Prospects of higher U.S. interest rates are bad news for dollar-denominated gold as they raise the opportunity cost of holding the bullion.
Elsewhere, Brexit remained in focus after British Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday that toppling her would risk delaying the UK's exit from the European Union.
“It is not going to make the [Brexit] negotiations any easier and it won’t change the parliamentary arithmetic,” she said.