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Swiss Bank Calls for $6,000 Gold
Union Bancaire Privée has resumed buying gold after trimming exposure during the Iran-driven selloff, rebuilding allocations as market stress eases. The bank maintains a $6,000 year-end target, citing central bank demand, inflation risks, and geopolitics, while noting ETF inflows signal renewed dip-buying interest and stabilization across investor positioning.
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Data on Deck: PPI, Speakers
MONDAY, APRIL 13 10:00 am Existing home sales
TUESDAY, APRIL 14 PPI
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 Manufacturing
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 Jobless claims
FRIDAY, APRIL 17 Housing Starts
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Charts and Final Market Check:
MONDAY, APRIL 1310:00 amExisting home salesMarch4.09 million6:20 pmFed governor Stephen Miran speaks
TUESDAY, APRIL 146:00 amNFIB optimism index98.88:30 amProducer price indexMarch0.7%8:30 amCore PPIMarch0.5%8:30 amPPI year over year3.4%8:30 amCore PPI year over year3.5%11:15 amChicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speaks12:45 pmFed governor Michael Barr speaks1:00 pmBoston Fed President Susan Collins, Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin and Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson on a panel about rural economy
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 158:30 amImport price indexMarch1.3%8:30 amImport price index minus fuelMarch1.1%8:30 amEmpire State manufacturing surveyApril-0.2%8:30 amFed governor Michael Barr speaks10:00 amHome builder confidence indexApril381:45 pmFed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman speaks2:00 pmFed Beige Book
THURSDAY, APRIL 168:30 amInitial jobless claimsApril 118:30 amPhiladelphia Fed manufacturing surveyApril18.18:35 pmNew York Fed President John Williams speaks9:15 amIndustrial productionMarch0.2%9:15 amCapacity utilizationMarch76.3%10:35 amFed governor Stephen Miran speaks
FRIDAY, APRIL 178:30 amHousing startsMarch1.49 million8:30 amBuilding permitsMarch1.38 million12:15 pmRichmond Fed president Tom Barkin speaks2:00 pmFed governor Christopher Waller speaks
