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Gold stays in a tight range as rate outlook focus shifts to Fed data
Markets are still assigning about a 64.0% probability to a September rate hike, but ordinary economic surprises are not moving gold out of its recent 3,942.0 to 4,202.0 trading range, Action Forex says.
Gold has remained largely flat despite sharp swings in oil prices, Treasury yields, and the U.S. dollar over the past month, with Action Forex attributing the lack of movement to a higher bar for catalysts as the Federal Reserve steps back from explicit forward guidance.
The outlet points to a shift in how markets interpret incoming economic data, saying investors no longer have a clear policy framework to map releases like payrolls and ISM surveys to a predictable interest-rate path.
Action Forex adds that this has left markets relying on only data strong enough to force policymakers to change course, rather than routine surprises that previously could have driven sustained repricing across yields, the dollar, and gold.
Separately, the story highlights that expectations around the Strait of Hormuz have been shaped by repeated headlines about de-escalation and reopening progress, but those developments have not yet produced the kind of durable signal that would push gold beyond its late June range.
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