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‘My concern is that if I am married, the savings I have would go to her and subsequently her children, bypassing my son.’

‘It was a wise decision to spread the risk. Factories can be hit by a hurricane, run out of a supply, or be hit by contamination that forces them to shut down.’

Gold futures settle lower on Wednesday, pressured by strength in U.S. Treasury yields but showing little reaction to comments on monetary policy and the outlook for the economy from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Prices then moved lower in electronic trading after the central bank’s Beige Book report.

The U.S. economy grew faster in the early spring and more companies sought to hire new workers, a Federal Reserve survey showed, but inflation also picked up and companies faced an array of supply shortages that could restrain production.

U.S. stocks are mixed Wednesday, off the session highs, after the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book points to a moderate pace of economic growth.