Gold shrugs off Fed rate hike

Somewhat counterintuitively, the price of gold gained 1.4% following the Fed’s decision to hike US interest rates for the sixth time in this tightening cycle. However, we think that the recent rally will not last as the Fed will tighten rates more aggressively to prevent inflation from getting out of hand.

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