#央行政策

Editorial Comment

The ECB’s intention to pause after December’s rate hike means the tightening pace may enter an observation period, and the cumulative restraining effect of higher bond yields on growth and inflation reinforces this policy logic. Markets have fairly fully priced in the December hike; the focus ahead is on post-meeting communication and whether pause expectations are confirmed. Changes in the related rate path will affect the euro and, through central bank policy differentials and real interest-rate expectations, drive gold.

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The price of gold fell below the 100-hour moving average, reflecting the suppression of rebound space by interest rate expectations and the strength of the U.S. dollar, and the technical and macro aspects resonated. Traders can pay attention to whether the subsequent trend of U.S. bond yields and the U.S. dollar can continue this suppressive logic, as well as the impact of the previous low area on market sentiment.

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The author breaks down the short-term logic into two main lines: the fall in actual yields reduces the opportunity cost of gold holdings, while the disappearance of the risk premium in the Middle East takes away the previous safe-haven support. With the two hedging against each other, the gold price is more like oscillating within a range rather than choosing a direction unilaterally. The real pricing power this week falls on Wednesday's FOMC, where the consensus is to hold on unchanged. The risk point suggested by the author is that unexpected interest rate hikes may trigger selling pressure. For traders, rather than betting on direction in advance, it is better to track the effectiveness of key support areas and the actual market reaction once the resolution lands.

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This week is a week of intensive central bank decisions. The Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are expected to remain unchanged. If the Federal Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Bank of Canada raise interest rates as expected, the policy differentiation pattern of developed economies will be further highlighted. The difference in interest rate expectations of related currencies deserves attention. In addition, the U.S. core PCE price index and the initial value of third-quarter GDP will test the resilience of inflation and directly affect the market’s pricing of the Fed’s policy path. Compared with the resolution itself, changes in the wording of central bank statements are often the key to triggering exchange rate fluctuations.

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This week's five major central bank decisions themselves have been fully priced in by the market, and the real variable lies in the wording of each governor's policy path in December. For gold, the marginal revision of real interest rates and US dollar expectations is more worthy of tracking than the resolution outcome itself; on the foreign exchange side, attention should be paid to whether the policy differences between RBNZ, BOC and the Federal Reserve continue to converge.

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Cryptocurrencies were broadly lower ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting, with traders' risk-reducing behavior signaling increased market sensitivity to tighter liquidity. This macro sentiment deserves the attention of gold and foreign exchange traders, especially the Fed Chairman's statement on raising interest rates in December, which may trigger a coordinated reaction in the US dollar and safe-haven assets.

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The price of gold fell below a key psychological mark and hit a three-month low, reflecting that inflation concerns caused by rising oil prices are strengthening market expectations for the Federal Reserve to maintain high interest rates, thereby weakening the appeal of holding gold, a non-interest-bearing asset. If the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged but releases a hawkish signal at next week's meeting, it may further solidify expectations for a December interest rate hike. Traders need to pay attention to marginal changes in policy language and market interest rate pricing, which will be the core variable for short-term fluctuations in precious metals.

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The number of initial jobless claims is close to a historical low, but non-farm employment increased by only 29,000 and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%. This differentiation makes the Fed's balance between inflation and employment more complicated. The market's expectations for a 25 basis point interest rate hike in December are in contrast to the weak employment data. Traders need to pay attention to subsequent statements by Federal Reserve officials on the resilience of the job market and the need to raise interest rates, which may increase the volatility of gold and the US dollar.

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The hawkish statement by the deputy governor of the Bank of Japan has strengthened the market's expectations for subsequent policy normalization, but there is a significant time lag between traders' pricing of an interest rate hike in December and a hold on the policy in October. The foreign exchange market needs to pay attention to how this difference in policy expectations affects the revaluation of the yen carry trade, and the resulting indirect transmission of cross-asset fluctuations to gold.

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Japan's Finance Minister stated that he had no differences with the central bank and emphasized that wage-driven inflation is approaching, which strengthened market expectations for the normalization of monetary policy. Most economists polled by Reuters expected to raise interest rates to 1.50% in December. This is echoed. For the yen, consistency in policy communication may reduce uncertainty, but attention needs to be paid to whether wage and price data can continue to verify this judgment, rather than relying solely on official statements.

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Gold is testing high territory again, but the core variable is not technical but the bond market. Hot inflation has strengthened expectations for a rate hike by the Federal Reserve in December, and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield remains high, continuing to put opportunity cost pressure on non-interest-bearing gold. Traders should focus on observing the interaction between U.S. bond yields and key support and resistance, rather than simply pursuing price breakthroughs. In particular, they need to guard against the constraints on the sustainability of the rebound caused by rising yields.

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The Executive Committee of the European Central Bank defines climate and natural risks as structural macro factors that affect growth, inflation and financial stability, which prompts the market to incorporate non-traditional risks into long-term considerations of the euro area's policy path and asset pricing. Traders can pay attention to whether the policy uncertainty and financing channel obstacles faced by green investment will disrupt capital expenditure and productivity in the euro area, thereby affecting the mid- to long-term risk premium of the euro as well as gold’s hedging and real interest rate logic.

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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde confirmed that interest rates will be raised by 25 basis points again in September to deal with energy-driven inflation, and gave an outlook of overall inflation of 3.8% and core inflation of 2.5%, indicating that the policy stance is still tight. This statement deserves attention for its support logic for the euro exchange rate and the potential impact of inflation resilience on the gold real interest rate environment; in the future, we need to pay attention to the balance between the weak economic growth forecast and policy tightening in the Eurozone.

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The decline in U.S. bond yields coincided with the overall weakening of the U.S. dollar, breaking the normal reaction after inflation data exceeded expectations, indicating that the market's short-term trading focus turned to the credit risks caused by rumors of AI-themed fund liquidations. For gold, the weakening of the U.S. dollar constitutes a supporting variable, but it is more necessary to observe whether credit risks evolve into liquidity shocks, which often complicates gold's hedging logic. The follow-up speech by the Federal Reserve Warsh at the IMF roundtable is a key window for judging changes in policy expectations.

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PPI exceeded expectations and led to an upward revision of the core PCE forecast. The market's pricing for the Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates has significantly increased. The core PCE forecast for September has been raised to 0.32%. For gold, rising interest rate expectations usually increase the opportunity cost of holding and constitute a headwind, while the US dollar may gain support from the strengthening of interest rate expectations. It is worth paying attention to whether subsequent core PCE data further confirms this logic.

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The probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in October dropped from 50% to 27.1% in a single day, indicating that the market's pricing of the short-term tightening path has significantly cooled down. This change may ease the dollar's support from interest rate expectations and affect the holding cost logic of non-interest-bearing assets such as gold. Traders need to pay attention to whether subsequent statements from Federal Reserve officials and economic data will further revise this expectation.

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The higher-than-expected core CPI narrowed the Fed's room to pause interest rate hikes, and the market's expectations that interest rates will remain high or be further tightened may increase, which logically puts pressure on the non-interest-bearing asset gold. Traders will need to pay attention to subsequent Fed officials' interpretation of the data and the reaction of the yield curve.

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The overall US retail sales in September exceeded expectations, mainly driven by gasoline sales. After excluding gasoline and automobiles, growth slowed down significantly. The control group fell short of expectations, indicating that consumption momentum is not widespread. Traders need to pay attention to the disruption of this data to the Fed's policy expectations and whether the subsequent core retail component will continue to be weak, which may affect the short-term reaction of the U.S. dollar and gold.