* Greenback hits greater than one-week excessive
    * Fed to carry charges close to zero till at the least 2023
    * Platinum falls greater than 2%
    * Interactive graphic monitoring international unfold of coronavirus:
here

 (Updates costs)
    By Brijesh Patel
    Sept 17 (Reuters) - Gold costs fell on Thursday because the
greenback climbed after the U.S. Federal Reserve painted a
beneficial financial restoration image however stopped in need of
providing concrete alerts on additional stimulus.
    Spot gold        was down 0.8% at $1,944.63 per ounce by
0700 GMT. U.S. gold futures         slipped 0.9% to $1,951.90.
    "Buyers throughout the Asia-Pacific are maybe not impressed
by final night time's FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) assembly, in
which the central financial institution appears to be reluctant so as to add stimulus in
view of enhancing fundamentals," mentioned Margaret Yang, a
strategist with DailyFx, which covers foreign money, commodity and
index buying and selling.
    "This led to a stronger U.S. greenback, and a weaker gold
worth."
    The greenback index        rose to a greater than one-week excessive
in opposition to its rivals after the Fed signalled on Wednesday it
anticipated the U.S. financial restoration from the coronavirus disaster
to speed up, with unemployment falling quicker than the central
financial institution's forecast in June.                                 
    In the meantime, the Financial institution of Japan saved financial coverage regular and
barely upgraded its view on the financial system, suggesting that no
instant enlargement of stimulus was wanted to fight the
coronavirus pandemic.             
    Providing gold some help, the Fed pledged to maintain charges
pinned close to zero ranges till inflation was on monitor to
"reasonably exceed" its 2% inflation goal "for a while".
            
    Decrease rates of interest lower the chance price of
holding non-yielding bullion. Gold can be used as a hedge
in opposition to inflation.
    "Decrease-for-longer rates of interest, continued quantitative
easing by central banks and the U.S. fiscal place doubtlessly
debasing the greenback proceed to be long-term supportive components
for the next gold worth," mentioned Jeffrey Halley, a senior market
analyst at OANDA.
    Elsewhere, silver        dropped 1.7% to $26.78 per ounce,
platinum        dipped 2.4% to $945.35 and palladium       
slipped 1.4% to $2,366.91.

 (Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru; Modifying by Devika
Syamnath and Kevin Liffey)