美联储加息预期提振美元，黄金在$4,050下方承压

Rising market bets on a Fed rate hike have directly raised the opportunity cost of holding gold, a non-yielding asset, and gold's pressure below $4,050 is a reflection of this logic. Going forward, watch whether economic data further reinforce rate hike expectations, as well as the correlated moves in the dollar and US Treasury yields, which will determine whether gold's short-term pressure persists.