Those parties have signaled a tough course.

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Gold futures pared their losses slightly Wednesday after the Federal Open Market Committee signaled it is staying the course with loose monetary policy, as had been expected.

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But the thaw finally set in over the course of the last two years as key housing indicators signaled a definite recovery in demand for homes in the US. New home sales crawled their way up to 367K for 2012, the highest since 2009.

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