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2022-02-14

On February 14

Today's range:

The US inflation rate has hit a 40-year high again. If the Federal Reserve's measures to control inflation are only a moderate interest rate hike, it will be beneficial as long as the real interest rate remains negative

The traditional inflation-proof gold market. The prospect of war in Eastern Europe and increased demand for gold as a haven is definitely a factor in the short-term gold price surge. Today's recommended range is $1852

To $1,868.

The People's Bank of China said last week that it extended 3.98 trillion yuan in new loans in January, but failed to repay loans unexpectedly fell instead of rising. Rising liquidity pushed up mainland stocks and led Hong Kong stocks higher last week.

On the downside, last week's U.S. consumer price index hit a 40-year high of 7.5 percent in January and was higher than market expectations, boosting the chances of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in March.

Will hit risk market performance, also limited the Hang Seng index to 25, 000 points this week. For the week, the Hang Seng index gained 333 points, or 1.6%. As the standoff between Russia and Ukraine escalates, the U.S. Defense Department

The withdrawal of military personnel who are training Ukrainian soldiers on Ukrainian soil comes as a number of countries around the world have warned their nationals in Ukraine to leave. European stocks rallied early last week, but the situation in Europe

Growing tensions, the instability eventually sent Europe's three biggest stock markets into negative territory. For the week, Germany's DAX index fell 0.42%; In Paris, the CAC index fell 1.27%; Britain's FTSE 100 index fell 0.15%.


 
Louis Fed governor James Bullard, a voting vote on monetary policy at the Central bank this year, said he supported a cumulative rate hike of one percent by early July, adding a one-time 0.5 percent increase to the first rate hike scheduled for March.

In response to the worst inflation in 40 years. The US stock market is under pressure from rising interest rate expectations. The University of Michigan's consumer confidence index in February also plunged to 61.7 points, jumping more than 10% from 67.2 in January.

In addition, the situation in Eastern Europe worsened. The three major Indexes on Wall Street fell more than 1% last week. The Dow Jones Index fell 1.01%. The standard & poor's

500 index fell 1.82%; The Nasdaq fell 2.18%.

Renewed tensions in Eastern Europe and talk of war have sent gold running wild, soaring nearly $45 at Friday's highs alone. Gold on Friday morning remained constrained by the early Fed

Gold hit a low of $1,821 after Sieblard supported an aggressive 50-point rate hike path in March. After that, a number of Fed officials came out to contradict Bullard's argument, and expectations of rate hikes cooled, gold resumed its rally.

At 3 a.m. on Saturday, U.S. National Security Adviser Robert Shah warned U.S. citizens in Ukraine to leave the country within 24 to 48 hours, saying they faced a Russian invasion of the country at any time

Window period. Gold surged to a session high of $1,865.5 on the prospect of war in Eastern Europe before closing at $1,859, up $32.30. Over the week, gold surged $57.6.

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