MOSCOW, April 19 Gold becomes cheaper on Friday morning, breaking the mark of 2.4 thousand dollars per troy ounce, according to quotes precious metal may be influenced by investor expectations about monetary policy in the United States, trading data shows.
As of 9.56 Moscow time, the price of June gold futures on the New York Comex exchange is rising by $3.25, or 0.14%, to $2,401.36 per troy ounce. May silver futures rose 0.33% to $28.447 per ounce. 
Many analysts are paying particular attention to the outlook for US monetary policy as they expect it to have a significant impact on global financial markets, including gold futures trading. It was precisely doubts about the imminent reduction of the refinancing rate by the Federal Reserve System (FRS) that caused the departure of gold prices from the record values reached days earlier.
Investors took notice of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's speech on Wednesday. According to CME Group, after his words, most analysts no longer predict a reduction in the discount rate in the summer.
The rise in gold prices that began the day before can only be regarded as a correction.
In addition, on Thursday, data was published on the number of unemployment claims in the United States for the week ending April 13, which amounted to 212 thousand. Analysts expected an increase to 215 thousand.