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Spot gold fell about 0.2% to around $1,913 an ounce after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said policymakers would proceed carefully on further tightening. Powell also said the central bank had not concluded that rates were high enough to bring inflation to 2%.
The dollar and Treasury yields rose, pressuring bullion.
Higher real yields and a firmer dollar weigh on precious metals and signal a tighter financial backdrop that can spill over into broader commodity prices.
cnbc.comReutersAug 25, 2023After 2,356 past bullish macro events, DXY 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.
