1. precious metals tend to be seen as the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding metals, and the US Treasury yields consolidated their weekly rallies on Friday. The 2-year yields stand at 4.99%, while the 5 and 10-year rates are at 4.40% and 4.26%. All three saw mild gains during the session which limited the Gold’s advances on the day.
2 . For next week, investors eagerly await the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Retail Sales figures from August in the US to continue placing their bets on the next Federal Reserve (Fed) decisions. As for now, markets expect a 25 basis point (bps) hike for the rest of the year but aren’t sure if it will come in November or December. In that sense, the incoming US data will help investors continue modelling their expectations.
⚡️Gold has continuously trended down in recent days, the Fed has emphasized that it will control inflation. along with the recovery of DXY, has made the bearish cycle of gold even stronger.
H4 frame appears a long body candlestick pattern. The market will sideways to accumulate and backtest the resistance of the downtrend, before continuing it.