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Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (5–10 October)
Do Treasury Yields Finally Follow the Dovish Fed Repricing? Despite October hike odds collapsing from ~70% to ~20% within a single week, the 10-year yield has stayed stubbornly near 5.2–5.3%. If yields remain anchored at two-decade highs regardless of near-term Fed policy, it suggests term-premium and fiscal concerns not the...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (17–21 August)
US–Iran Interim Ceasefire — Formal Expiry This Week The interim ceasefire agreement is set to formally lapse this week, with negotiations over ending the conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz still deadlocked. Treasury Secretary Bessent has flagged “unprecedented economic measures” against Iran alongside the continued naval blockade, with further...
Ceasefire Expires, Copper Hits Records, and the Fed Goes Quiet Before Jackson Hole
GOLD · ~$4,370–4,440/oz “A Second Straight Weekly Gain, Just as the Iran Ceasefire Hits Its Deadline” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold opened the week firmly, extending the rally built since early August with a 2.4% weekly gain at Monday’s open and trading as high as $4,420–4,440 in early Asian hours before easing slightly. The metal...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (10–14 August)
July CPI — The Next Test of Whether the Dovish Repricing Holds With September hike odds already cut from 58% to roughly 42% on the payrolls miss, this week’s CPI print becomes the swing factor for whether that repricing extends or reverses. Per an FT report, Fed Chair Warsh remains...
A Payrolls Shock Overrides the Hawks — Metals Surge Together as Hormuz Talks Stay Stuck
GOLD · ~$4,300–4,365/oz “A Payrolls Contraction Undoes the Fed’s Hawkish Dissent in a Single Session” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold has rallied sharply off its early-August base near $4,050, hitting a seven-week high above $4,360 and posting its best weekly gain since January. The move was triggered almost entirely by Friday, August 7’s July...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (3–7 August)
July Jobs Report — Friday, August 7 The Week’s Marquee Data Point With the Fed’s decision already split 9-3 and September genuinely “live,” Friday’s jobs report becomes the single most important data point standing between now and the next FOMC meeting in mid-September. A soft print would embolden the dovish...
A Divided Fed, a Still-Boiling Middle East — Metals Digest the Most Contested Hold in a Decade
GOLD · ~$4,000–4,160/oz “The Fed’s Most Divided Vote in a Decade Leaves Gold Without a Clear Signal” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold has settled into a calmer $4,040–4,090 band after a genuinely volatile end to July. The metal round-tripped between roughly $4,000 and $4,160 in the days around the July 28–29 FOMC meeting,...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (27–31 July)
FOMC Decision — Wednesday, July 29 The Marquee Event of the Week With rate-hike odds for this meeting having swung from under 12% to as high as ~38–40% and back to roughly one-in-three within a matter of days, and September odds still priced near 80%, this is one of the...
Oil Spikes Past $100, Then Truce — Metals Round-Trip Into the Most Unpredictable FOMC in Years
GOLD · ~$4,000–4,160/oz “A Full Round Trip on War, Truce, and the Fed’s Silence” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold has been through a genuine mood swing over the past week and a half a spike above $4,160, a slide near $4,000, and a scramble back above $4,100, all inside roughly ten trading sessions. By...
Macro · Event Watch — Key Catalysts Ahead (20–24 July)
Strait of Hormuz — De-escalation or Further Escalation This is the dominant swing factor for the week. Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority continues to assert control over transit routes, and traffic through the Strait has collapsed to a handful of vessels a day. Any sign of a fresh ceasefire, or...
Hormuz War Resumes as Cooling CPI Fights the Oil Shock — Metals Caught Between Two Fires
GOLD · ~$3,995–4,090/oz “Caught Between a Reopened War and a Cooling CPI Print” WHAT HAPPENED. Gold has traded in a volatile $3,995–4,090 band over the past week, unable to sustain either leg of two directly opposing narratives. The metal briefly reclaimed $4,000 and popped over 1% on Tuesday, July 14, after a...