Gold prices recovered after early weakness and settled higher on Friday as the dollar exhibited some weakness.However, the most active gold futures contract still ended with a weekly loss, giving up more than 3%, as traders continued to bet on a series of aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.The dollar index, which climbed a fresh near two-decade high at 107.79 during the Asian session, tu...
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.