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Gold futures rallied after Fed chair Jerome Powell pledged to do whatever it takes to support the recovery and rates are expected to stay near zero through 2022. Bullion was up 14% in 2020 so far.
The OECD forecast a 6% global economic contraction this year.
Expectations of prolonged easy money weaken the dollar and support hard assets, which can spill into broader commodity sentiment. Feed markets see only an indirect effect through currency and macro sentiment.
thenationalnews.comBloombergJun 16, 2020After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% 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.
