In these manipulated (managed) markets, it is very important to keep the sheeple asleep. Whenever there is news that would normally be positive for gold the strategy has been to hammer gold and the gold producers. The sheeple then put two and two together and realize inflation and money printing are bad for gold. Remember what the nazi propoganda minister said" If you tell a big enough lie and repeat it often enough people will come to accept it." In the case of the perception around gold, it is very important that the public does not connect the dots. Maybe in a couple of days when the fed announcement is old news, gold can be allowed to increase in fiat price