Despite signs of easing inflation in the world's largest economy, Fed officials have maintained a hawkish tone on future rate hikes that has led to a pullback in gold prices from the key $1,800 level. Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust , the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.18% to 992.20 tonnes on Tuesday, its lowest since January. [GOL/ETF] The dollar , a rival safe-haven and which has a strong correlation with bullion, also held steady ahead of U.S. retail sales data and Fed minutes.