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Key events: USA - Juneteenth Eurozone - ECB's Lane Speaks Eurozone - ECB's Schnabel Speaks The S&P 500 closed lower on Friday due to the influence of market heavyweights like Microsoft, following comments from two Federal Reserve officials that dampened optimism regarding the central bank's imminent completion of aggressive interest rate hikes.

Key events:                                                Japan - BoJ Press Conference Eurozone - CPI (YoY) (May) USA - Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Jun) USA - Fed Waller Speaks On Thursday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached their highest levels in 14 months, propelled by positive economic data that suggested the US Federal Reserve is approaching the conclusion of its aggressive interest-rate hike campaign. This news delighted investors, leading to a surge in the stock market.

Key events: USA - Initial Jobless Claims     Investor sentiment was mixed in the US stock market as market participants awaited the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting and new information regarding inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up by 27 points or 0.1%, while the S&P 500 declined by 0.1%, and the NASDAQ Composite dropped by 0.5%.

Key events:  Canada - Core Retail Sales (MoM) (Mar) USA - Fed Chair Powell Speaks Eurozone - ECB President Lagarde Speaks Continuing their upward momentum, US stocks closed higher for a second consecutive day on Thursday, fueled by growing optimism surrounding a potential US debt ceiling agreement anticipated to be reached in the coming days.

Key events:         Switzerland - SNB Interest Rate Decision (Q1)     Switzerland - SNB Press Conference      Eurozone - EU Leaders Summit        UK - BoE Interest Rate Decision (Mar) UK - BoE MPC Meeting Minutes      USA - Building Permits   USA - Initial Jobless Claims USA - New Home Sales (Feb) Contrary to the recent problems in the U.S. banking system, the Federal Reserve did raise interest rates by 25 bps at its meeting last night.

Key events:       USA – Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) (Dec) USA – GDP (QoQ) (Q4)    USA – Initial Jobless Claims   USA – New Home Sales (Dec)    Although the U.S. PMI fell further in January, inflation did accelerate. It is still unclear whether the Fed should take a more dovish or hawkish stance – and that cannot help but affect gold.

Key events:       Switzerland  – Interest Rate Decision (Q4)     Eurozone – EU Leaders Summit      UK – BoE Interest Rate Decision (Dec)     Eurozone – ECB Interest Rate Decision (Dec) USA – Core Retail Sales (MoM) (Nov)   USA – Initial Jobless Claims     Eurozone – ECB President Lagarde Speaks    

Key events: Canada – GDP (MoM) (Sep)    UK – BoE Gov Bailey Speaks      USA – CB Consumer Confidence (Nov) Friday's U.S. jobs report for November will be the main event this week as investors remain hopeful that the Federal Reserve will soon slow the pace of rate hikes. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's midweek remarks will be closely watched. Eurozone inflation data will also be in focus, as will China's PMI data amid fears of renewed COVID-19 cases. Here's what you should keep in mind this week.

Key events:   Eurozone – ECB's Supervisory Board Member Jochnick Speaks      Eurozone – ECB's De Guindos Speaks     The dollar weakened against all of the Big Ten currencies except the Swiss franc on Thursday. It showed a three-day decline and closed at its lowest level since August 12.  DXY held positions at 105.80 during yesterday's trading session, consolidating after aggressive selling the day before, which resulted in the asset having to retreat to local lows again.