Money Metals' Weekly Market Wrap Podcast

As central bankers stubbornly refuse to admit they are done hiking interest rates, precious metals markets are wavering. The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged at a 22-year high at the conclusion of its meeting last week.  But Fed chairman Jerome Powell is keeping up the fight against inflation, at least rhetorically. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As the Federal Reserve puts a hold on interest rates, investors have to ask themselves whether the elevated inflation rate is also on hold. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, if you believe the reporting coming out of the mainstream financial media, then the economy is going gangbusters. The Fed has succeeded at crushing the bond market, freezing the housing market, and plunging many sectors of the stock market into deep downtrends. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As financial markets gyrate, investors are finding safe haven in precious metals. The stock market sold off on Thursday on interest rate fears. It’s not so much the threat of additional rate hikes by the Federal Reserve that has investors scared. It’s more the spike in longer-term bond yields. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

A hotter than expected inflation report helped trigger a spike in bond yields and a selloff in stocks. Precious metals, meanwhile, are garnering some safe-haven buying as the threat of a larger-scale war grows pitting the United States and Israel against Hamas, Iran, and other avowed enemies of the Jewish state. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Well, the shift in the calendar has so far failed to produce any shift in the trend for precious metals markets. Gold and silver are extending their recent price declines here in the first few trading days of October and of the fourth quarter. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets got hammered earlier this week as interest rates continued their relentless march higher. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Fears of inflation remaining stubbornly high, and interest rates going higher, rattled financial markets this week. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are trading quietly this week even as inflation data comes in hotter than expected. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are retreating this week as official U.S. employment data comes in surprisingly strong.  | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets enter trading for the month of September with bulls hoping positive seasonal forces kick in. Gold and silver markets have traded mostly lower since late spring. They did rally, though, during the second half of August. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are rebounding this week as central bankers from around the world gather at Jackson Hole. Investors nervously awaited remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Fears of a hawkish tone to this year's conference helped drag down the stock market on Thursday. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets are extending their losing streak as the U.S. dollar pushes higher. The Dollar Index rose for a fifth straight week through Thursday's close. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

The upshot of soft market conditions for gold and silver is favorable buying opportunities for bargain hunters. Not only are spot prices down, but so are premiums on popular bullion products available through Money Metals. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Credit ratings agency Fitch this week issued a surprise downgrade of the U.S. government’s once vaunted AAA credit rating. Recent political brinksmanship surrounding the debt ceiling helped prompt the move. But broader concerns about the size and sustainability of the national debt itself also figured into the downgrade. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Rate hike concerns are weighing on precious metals markets this week. The Federal Reserve lifted its benchmark funds rate by a quarter point as expected on Wednesday. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As the U.S. dollar continues to lose purchasing power at home and prestige around the world, a major presidential candidate is calling for a return to sound money. Also, let's review this week's market action in precious metals. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

A potentially pivotal week of trading is seeing precious metals markets push higher. The main catalyst is a breakdown in the U.S. Dollar Index. On Thursday, the dollar slid to its lowest level in more than a year versus a basket of foreign currencies. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

As President Joe Biden touts “Bidenomics,” ordinary Americans continue to feel the pinch of “Bidenflation.” Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve’s ongoing efforts to fight inflation have Investors fearing more rate hikes to come. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan

Precious metals markets continue to probe for support levels as the summer doldrums set in. Gold futures tested the $1,900 level on Thursday before getting a bit of a bounce. As of this Friday recording, the monetary metal checks in at $1,928 per ounce, up slightly for the week. | Do you own precious metals you would rather not sell, but need access to cash? Get Started Here: https://www.moneymetals.com/gold-loan