XAG/USD dives as investors digest Powell’s words, US data

[ad_1] Share: The Silver’s spot price XAG/USD is down by more than 1%, around $22.30. Jerome Powell from the Fed was seen as hawkish on Thursday, fuelling US bond yields. Markets are pricing in rates at restrictive levels for a more extended period. UoM Consumer Sentiment data from the US came in lower

S&P 500 rallies as markets digest soft US jobs data, Fed rate hike pause

[ad_1] Share: S&P 500 ended the week up by 0.9%, with the Nasdaq and Dow Jones also posting significant gains, reflecting a positive shift in investor sentiment. U.S. labor market data showing a slowdown in job growth fueled speculation that the Federal Reserve may halt rate hikes. Fed officials Thomas Barkin and Neil