Gold extends the rally after the soft NFP, but the US CPI could wipe out all the gains

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Gold extends the rally after the soft NFP, but the US CPI could wipe out all the gains

Gold extends the rally after the soft NFP, but the US CPI could wipe out all the gains. FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW Gold extended into new highs yesterday as a soft NFP report on Friday led to a dovish repricing in Fed interest rate expectations.

Gold extends the rally after the soft NFP, but the US CPI could wipe out all the gains. FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW Gold extended into new highs yesterday as a soft NFP report on Friday led to a dovish repricing in Fed interest rate expectations.

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Gold extends the rally after the soft NFP, but the US CPI could wipe out all the gains. FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW Gold extended into new highs yesterday as a soft NFP report on Friday led to a dovish repricing in Fed interest rate expectations.

Gold extends the rally after the soft NFP, but the US CPI could wipe out all the gains

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Gold extends the rally after the soft NFP, but the US CPI could wipe out all the gains. FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW Gold extended into new highs yesterday as a soft NFP report on Friday led to a dovish repricing in Fed interest rate expectations.

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FUNDAMENTAL OVERVIEW Gold extended into new highs yesterday as a soft NFP report on Friday led to a dovish repricing in Fed interest rate expectations. Overall, the data wasn’t as bad as the headline number suggested. The significant loss of government jobs made the report look much softer than it actually was. In fact, the unemployment rate painted a different picture, falling further to 4.1%. The labour market remains on a better trajectory than it has been over the past three years. Today, the price action might be mostly rangebound or we could see some hedging into the US CPI tomorrow that…

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NIC · Impact scores

Global: 0 · Market: 0 · Urgency: 0 · Confidence: 0 · Neutral

Market reaction

  • XAUUSD: 4362.335 → 4362.335 (0%) · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
  • DXY: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
  • DJP: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
  • FX: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m

Trading insight

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Scenarios

  • Two-way reaction likely until the market digests the data surprise vs forecast.
  • Whipsaw risk is elevated inside the first 15–60 minutes after release.
  • For XAUUSD, map USD/rate impulse first, then confirm direction on M15 structure.

Watch factors

  • Actual vs forecast surprise (priced-in risk)
  • USD / yields impulse if macro-sensitive
  • Liquidity and spread during the news window
  • Follow-through after T+15m / T+60m
  • Relative reaction in gold
  • Relative reaction in usd
  • Relative reaction in commodities
  • Relative reaction in forex

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