#美联储

Editorial Comment

The plunge in Asian stock markets and the pressure on the crypto market show a significant increase in risk aversion, which usually increases the market attention of traditional safe-haven assets such as gold and safe-haven currencies such as the Japanese yen. The collapse of South Korea's Kospi triggered a circuit breaker and risk appetite shrank rapidly. The foreign exchange market needs to pay attention to changes in capital flows between risky currencies and safe-haven currencies.

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The combination of the general decline in risk assets and the rise in gold and U.S. Treasuries shows that the market is trading on stagflation concerns rather than a simple recovery in risk appetite. The probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates this month has dropped to 29%, weakening the short-term support of the US dollar, and gold's safe haven and anti-stagflation properties have gained a relative advantage. Whether subsequent PPI data and key risk asset levels can stabilize will be the key to judging the continuity of this risk aversion logic.

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Concerns about U.S. inflation have not dissipated. If PPI and retail sales are hot during the day, it may intensify the upward risk of U.S. bond yields and the U.S. dollar, thereby affecting the valuation environment of gold and non-U.S. currencies. Traders need to pay attention to the degree to which the data consolidates expectations for a rate hike by the Federal Reserve in December, as well as the marginal change in the probability of a rate hike in October.

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The continuous rebound in gold prices was mainly driven by bargain hunting and the fall in U.S. bond yields, with market sentiment recovering in the short term. However, traders need to pay attention to changes in inflation data and Fed policy expectations next week. If the data strengthens tightening expectations, it may suppress gold prices again and drive fluctuations in the dollar and yields.

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A Federal Reserve survey shows that the U.S. household debt delinquency rate has risen to the highest level since 2010, and the net worth of low-income groups has declined, reflecting the increasing debt repayment pressure and balance sheet differentiation of the household sector. This requires the market to more carefully assess the sustainability of U.S. consumption resilience and pay attention to its potential impact on the Fed's policy path and the U.S. dollar. Gold may gain more attention as a safe-haven asset, but subsequent consumption and credit data still need to be verified.

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Quantitative data from the New York Fed provide a clear reference for the transmission of tariffs to consumer goods prices, suggesting that the impact of trade policy on inflation stickiness is emerging. Traders need to pay attention to the constraints this mechanism imposes on the path of monetary policy, as well as changes in the pricing environment for gold and the U.S. dollar amid the intertwining of inflation expectations and policy uncertainty.

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Waller's explanation of the basis for raising interest rates in September and the SEP dot plot show that most officials expect further interest rate increases during the year, indicating that policy communication still sends tight signals under a data-dependent framework. For the gold and foreign exchange markets, attention needs to be paid to whether market pricing and dot chart expectations continue to converge, and if labor and inflation data deviate from officials' assumptions, it may trigger a re-evaluation of the policy path.

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The New York Fed survey showed that one-year inflation expectations have increased significantly, and household spending expectations have risen simultaneously, which may strengthen the market's expectations for the Fed to continue its restrictive policies, put pressure on gold in terms of holding costs, and support the strength of the US dollar. Traders need to pay attention to whether this expectation is further reflected in interest rate market pricing, and pay attention to subsequent inflation data and verification of the stance of Federal Reserve officials.

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The minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting confirmed that officials preferred to raise interest rates once before the end of the year but did not give a timetable. Coupled with recent lower-than-expected inflation, market expectations for actions at the October meeting may have cooled. For gold and the U.S. dollar, attention needs to be paid to the difference in expectations between the October 28 and December 9 meetings, as well as the pull on real interest rates from high yields and falling inflation.

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The release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve's September meeting provides the market with a window to observe the details of policy discussions. The language on reducing the pace of asset purchases and the persistence of inflation may trigger short-term fluctuations in gold and the US dollar. However, the content of the minutes is only based on the information available at the time of the meeting, and there is a certain lag. Traders need to evaluate its reference value in conjunction with subsequent economic data to avoid overreaction to lagging signals.

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The Fed governor's remarks highlighted that the risk of rising inflation remains at the core of policy, while the resilience of the job market provides room for continued tightening. For gold, the high inflation environment brings certain support, but uncertainty about the path of interest rates may amplify fluctuations. Traders need to focus on how subsequent PCE and employment data affect the balance of risks and tightening expectations.

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The Federal Reserve's increased transparency in stress tests and smoothing out fluctuations in capital requirements will help reduce banking regulatory uncertainty, which may in turn affect the market's assessment of the stability of the financial system and risk appetite. For foreign exchange and gold traders, this measure may indirectly affect the volatility environment of the U.S. dollar and gold by changing bank stock performance, U.S. dollar liquidity expectations, and overall risk aversion. It is worth paying attention to the guidance of subsequent specific model changes and the implementation of the two-year average mechanism on market risk pricing.