* Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,823.69 per ounce, as of 0039 GMT. U.S. gold futures slipped 0.5% to $1,833.10.
* Minutes from the Fed's Jan. 31-Feb. 1 policy meeting released on Wednesday showed policymakers agreed rates would need to move higher, but that the shift to smaller-sized hikes would let them calibrate more closely with incoming data.
* Bullion is seen as a hedge against inflation, but rising interest rates dull the non-yielding asset's appeal.
* Traders of Fed funds futures expect benchmark rates to peak at 5.362% in July and remain above 5% through the year.
* New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank is "absolutely" committed to bringing inflation back down to its 2% target over the next few years, by bringing demand down in line with constrained supply.
* St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on Wednesday
repeated his view that a Fed policy rate in the range of 5.25%
to 5.5% would be adequate to bring inflation down to the Fed's
2% target.
* The dollar index was steady, making
greenback-priced bullion more expensive for buyers holding other
currencies.
* Benchmark 10-year note yields slipped from a
three-month peak hit on Wednesday.
* Spot silver was little changed at $21.51 per ounce,
platinum fell 0.3% to $945.84 and palladium edged
0.2% lower to $1,479.59.
DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
1000 EU HICP Final MM, YY Jan
1330 US GDP 2nd Estimate Q4
1330 US Initial Jobless Clm Weekly
(Reporting by Kavya Guduru in Bengaluru; editing by Uttaresh.V)
