PRECIOUS-Gold steadies as U.S. inflation miss clouds Fed taper bets - NewsBreak

* Supply chain weakness affecting platinum, palladium demand - analyst (Recasts, adds comment and updates prices) Sept 14 (Reuters) - Gold steadied on Tuesday, shaking off initial declines as the dollar retreated after a slower-than-expected rise in U.S. inflation cast doubts over the U.S. Federal Reserve's tapering timeline. Spot gold...