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Gold fell more than 2% to about $4,474 an ounce as a firmer dollar and near one-year-high 10-year Treasury yields lifted expectations of Fed rate hikes. Brent crude remained elevated on energy-driven inflation concerns.
Rising real rates and a stronger dollar pressure commodity prices broadly and raise the cost of dollar-priced imports, while elevated energy prices keep inflation risk high.
cnbc.comReutersMay 19, 2026After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
