Gold Fed rate hike bets have been the single biggest weight on the metal all year, and over one week in August that weight came off. US payrolls fell by 23,000 in July when the market was looking for a gain of about 80,000, and consumer price inflation then slowed to 3.4%. The implied odds […]

Last week returned geopolitics to market pricing. Developments in the Middle East periodically added a risk premium to energy prices, although tension eased by Friday. Another headline event was the coordinated action by Japan and ...





