Fed Scales Back Rate-Rise Forecasts as Global Risks Remain

``"The tone of the FOMC statement and accompanying economic projections was dovish," Neil Dutta, head of U.S. economist at Renaissance Macro Research LLC in New York, said in a research note. The reference to global risks "pushes the Fed in the role of the world's central bank. In this role, the Fed needs to let inflation in the U.S. surge to offset disinflation in the rest of the world."'' -- This article better addresses why gold and silver surged today...