Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself

Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger

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Hawkish Fed Comments on Inflation Landed Right at Both Metals’ Supply Zones, and the Correction Wrote Itself

Macro Snapshot: The correction in gold and silver during the week ending August 28 was a confluence event. Both metals had rallied into well-defined supply zones (gold at ₹162,000-164,000, silver at ₹244,000-248,000) and were showing early signs of exhaustion. Into that setup, the July PCE release on August 26 came in hot on the headline (3.7% year over year against 3.6% consensus), and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s August 28 Jackson Hole address leaned decisively hawkish on inflation. The trigger

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Alrosa's Net Profit for 1st Quarter Came Down by 87%

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BlueRock Achieves Record Output after Lockdown

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HRD Antwerp Launches Live Online Training Courses

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GJEPC Donates Rs. 71 Lakh to Rajasthan CM

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