With gold unable to break higher, outflows rose in holdingsof SPDR Gold TrustGLD , the world's largest gold-backed ETF.Holdings have fallen over 3 percent so far this month. U.S. consumer prices were unchanged for a third straightmonth in January, leading to the smallest annual increase ininflation in more than 1-1/2 years, which could allow theFederal Reserve to hold interest rates steady for a while. Gold prices have risen nearly 13 percent since touching morethan 1-1/2-year lows in mid-August, mostly on expectations of apause in interest rate hikes and tumultuous stock markets.