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CPI, weak employment, and Fed policymakers willing to let inflation overshoot while targeting the employment gap, could remain gold bullish for a while longer,' said Michael Hsueh, commodities & FX strategist at Deutsche Bank. The metal was last at $1,881 an ounce, after reaching its highest since January. The softness of the dollar combined with concerns about inflation and the wild volatility of cryptocurrencies to put gold back into favour. Against a basket of currencies, the dollar had steadied at 90.073 after hitting its lowest since January at 89.646 on Friday. The dollar was idling on the yen at 108.94, pinned between support at 108.56 and resistance around 109.33. The major currencies were staid in comparison, with the euro holding at $1.2179 after repeatedly failing to clear chart resistance around $1.2244 last week.

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It was hurt in part by China's crack down on mining and trading of the largest cryptocurrency as part of ongoing efforts to prevent speculative and financial risks. The cryptocurrency shed 13% on Sunday alone, and was last trading off 8% at $34,601. The crowded trade in Bitcoin left it vulnerable to a sell off as investors rushed to the exits en masse, seeing it down 50% from it's all-time high. 'Also, Tech, viewed as crowded fairly recently, is now back to an underweight and would likely benefit if inflation fears ebbed.' 'With such bullish views on growth and inflation, the risk for investors is that growth slows and inflation proves temporary,' BofA analysts said in a note. The diary has a crowd of Fed speakers this week, including the influential Fed Board Governor Lael Brainard, and markets will be keen to hear if they stick to the script on being patient with policy.īofA's monthly Fund Manager survey found a record high 69% of respondents expected above trend economic growth and inflation globally.Īs a result, managers had pushed into commodities and late-cyclicals, where overweight positions were close to 15-year highs, while the single most crowded trade was Bitcoin. personal consumption and inflation figures this week.Ī high reading for the core inflation figures would ring alarms and could revive talk of an early tapering by the U.S. Nasdaq futures were off 0.2% and S&P 500 futures were a fraction firmer.Īfter surveys of the global service sectors out on Friday showed spectacular growth, all eyes will be on U.S. Japan's Nikkei (.N225) added 0.1% and South Korea (.KS11) was flat. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was barely changed in slow trade.

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inflation this week for guidance on monetary policy, while Bitcoin took a hammering after China cracked down on mining and trading of the cryptocurrency. SYDNEY, May 24 (Reuters) - Asian shares got off to a cautious start on Monday as investors anxiously awaited a key read on U.S. Bitcoin savaged as China clamps down on crypto mining.Eyes on US inflation, Fed speakers for tapering clues.Nikkei inches up 0.1%, S&P futures shade firmer.

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