Gold prices usually rise in response to Fed rate cuts. When interest rates fall, gold is usually seen as attractive because the market often sees rate cuts as an attempt to avoid a recession ...
History also supports this trend. "From 1966 through 2020, an index of gold prices advanced 8.37% annualized when the Fed was lowering interest rates … compared to 5.53% when raising ...
Gold fell at the end of a volatile week’s trading, as investors assessed the path ahead for US rates and the implications of ...
but can suffer when the dollar is strong and interest rates are high. Over the past year, elevated Fed rates have done little to slow gold’s breakneck ascent to consecutive record highs ...