CPT Markets : Interest rate hikes, heating up the US dollar rebound, causing gold prices to fall below the 2000 mark! Closed this week...

gold/dollar (XAUUSD)：

After a significant decline in gold against the US dollar last Friday and falling below the 2000 mark, the market closed in consolidation1997.99Nearby, despite a significant decline in the gold market last week, concerns about slowing global economic growth, poor performance of US economic data this week, and more dovish tone signals from the Federal Reserve supporting gold prices.

In terms of bearish factors

1. Federal Reserve officials emphasize their stance on interest rate hikes: Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated on Friday that despite a year of active interest rate hikes, they are restoring inflation rates to2%的目标方面没有取得多大进展，仍需要将利率提高。此外，亚特兰大联储主席博斯蒂克则表示，再加息25个基点就能让美联储在结束紧缩周期时，对通胀率将稳步回到2%的目标有一定的信心。

In terms of positive factors

1. 全球经济增长放缓担忧情绪：国际货币基金组织IMF在其最新的《全球经济展望》报告中表示，将今年全球国内生产总值增长率从1月报告中的2.9％修正至2.8％，同时预测明年全球经济增长为3.0％，而1月的预测为3.1％。更温和的贷款回调可能会导致经济增长较基线水平下降0.3Percentage points.

2. 美国经济数据不佳加剧衰退困扰：3月通胀持续放缓，申请失业救济人数增加以及美国财政赤字持续攀升，今年财年到目前为止已经达到1.1万亿美元，较一年前上升65%，均表明美国经济开始放缓或增加放缓压力，并将减少支出。美国3Monthly consumer price indexCPI令人失望后，美国3Monthly Producer Price IndexPPI也跌至四个月低点，同时美国首次申请失业救济人数升至多周新高，这对美联储的鹰派押注和美元构成了额外压力。

3. 美联储释放鸽派信号：近期联邦公开市场委员会FOMC货币政策会议纪要显示，由于银行业动荡，使得加息预期有所回落。会议纪要没有提供任何新的信息，除了5Monthly interest rate increase0.25%外，会议纪要对美联储的鹰派举措提出了质疑。

Press from above(Upper resistance) 1997.90，1999.20； From the downward direction, the lower support1995.60。

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