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August 2022 gold market: A brief bounce undone at Jackson Hole
BearishA mid-month bounce crushed by a hawkish Jackson Hole.
Gold bounced toward $1,800 in early August 2022 on hopes of a Fed slowdown, but the rally reversed hard after Chair Powell's hawkish Jackson Hole speech on August 26 reaffirmed the central bank's commitment to crushing inflation. The metal slid back toward $1,710 by month-end.
What drove gold in August 2022
- early-month Fed-slowdown hopes
- hawkish Powell Jackson Hole speech (Aug 26)
- rising real yields
- firm dollar
Key events in August 2022
- Aug 26Powell's hawkish Jackson Hole speech reverses gold's bounce
What happened next
The renewed hawkishness drove gold to its 2022 low the following month.
For gold buyers
August was a bull trap — the early bounce evaporated the moment the Fed reasserted its resolve.