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The charts that matter: gold up; dollar down
Gold rallied a little this week, while the US dollar drifted. Here’s how the charts that matter most to the global economy reacted.
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Gold saw quite the rebound, back to its highest in six weeks or so.
(Image credit: Gold price chart)
(Gold: three months)
The US dollar index (DXY – a measure of the strength of the dollar against a basket of the currencies of its major trading partners) plunged back down – could Joe Biden’s big spending plan have had an effect?
(Image credit: US dollar index chart)
(DXY: three months)
The dollar’s weakness doesn’t seem to have been reflected against the Chinese yuan (or renminbi) however – when the red line is rising, the dollar is strengthening while the yuan is weakening.
(Image credit: USD/CNY currency chart)
(Chinese yuan to the US dollar: since 25 Jun 2019)
The yield on the ten-year US government bond continued to drift downwards slightly.
(Image credit: US Treasury bond yield chart)
(Ten-year US Treasury yield: three months)
The yield on the Japanese ten-year bond dropped back after the previous week’s big rise.
(Image credit: Japanese government bond yield chart)
(Ten-year Japanese government bond yield: three months)
And the yield on the ten-year German Bund drifted along in negative territory.
(Image credit: German Bunds yield chart)
(Ten-year Bund yield: three months)
(Image credit: Copper price chart)
Copper, too, traded in a range.
(Copper: nine months)
And the closely-related Aussie dollar continued to struggle off its three-month low, and remains depressed.
(Image credit: AUD/USD currency chart)
(Aussie dollar vs US dollar exchange rate: three months)
Cryptocurrency bitcoin is biding its time, presumably before it either goes on another wild charge upwards or plummets by 30% or so, giving everyone plenty to talk about.
(Image credit: Bitcoin price chart)
(Bitcoin: three months)
US weekly initial jobless claims rose by 16,000 to 744,000, compared to 728,000 last week (revised up from 719,000). The four-week moving average rose to 723,750, up 2,500 from 721,250 (which was revised up from 719,000) the week before.
(Image credit: US weekly initial jobless claims chart)
(US initial jobless claims, four-week moving average: since Jan 2020)
The oil price is another one that’s drifting along sideways.
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