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The easy oil trade that everyone loved for much of the first half of the year has disappeared as the fundamentals have gotten quite mixed. The OPEC+ decision to maintain the planned 648,000 bpd oil increase in August went as expected, but traders are focusing more on President Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia. Biden is going to try to get the Gulf alliance to pump more crude and if he is successful, oil could tentatively test below the USD 100 level. 

The demand outlook might be deteriorating as gasoline usage has disappointed despite nice weather for the start of the summer driving season. The consumer is struggling with widespread inflation, so five-dollar gasoline will mean shorter trips and possibly less travel for many households. 

Gold’s struggles continue

Gold’s poor quarter could not end fast enough.  Gold has struggled as a relentlessly strong dollar was driven by aggressive Fed tightening calls that triggered rising recession fears.  Even with the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge falling a little faster than expected, no one should confidently be saying that the peak inflation is firmly in place.

If it gets uglier for gold over the next week of trade, it should have major support at USD 1785 and that could hold as the dollar peak might be in place. 

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Ed Moya

Ed Moya

Senior Market Analyst, The Americas at OANDA
With more than 20 years’ trading experience, Ed Moya is a senior market analyst with OANDA, producing up-to-the-minute intermarket analysis, coverage of geopolitical events, central bank policies and market reaction to corporate news. His particular expertise lies across a wide range of asset classes including FX, commodities, fixed income, stocks and cryptocurrencies. Over the course of his career, Ed has worked with some of the leading forex brokerages, research teams and news departments on Wall Street including Global Forex Trading, FX Solutions and Trading Advantage. Most recently he worked with TradeTheNews.com, where he provided market analysis on economic data and corporate news. Based in New York, Ed is a regular guest on several major financial television networks including CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Yahoo! Finance Live, Fox Business and Sky TV. His views are trusted by the world’s most renowned global newswires including Reuters, Bloomberg and the Associated Press, and he is regularly quoted in leading publications such as MSN, MarketWatch, Forbes, Breitbart, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Ed holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University.
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