The Economy Lost 23,000 Jobs. Gold Went Straight Up.

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the US economy lost 23,000 jobs in July. Wall Street was expecting a gain of 83,000. That’s a 106,000 gap between forecast and reality, and gold and silver responded almost immediately.

Megan King Diaz walks through the three stories that dominated trading desks this week: the jobs report nobody saw coming, the Strait of Hormuz standoff pushing oil higher, and gold and silver putting in one of their strongest runs of the year. Each one connects back to the metals, because this week they weren’t reacting to the headlines. They were the headline.

In this update:

Why the unemployment rate improved for the wrong reasons, with participation at a five-year low

What Wells Fargo’s chief economist found when he stripped healthcare out of the jobs numbers

Why a divided Fed with three dissents makes a September cut easier to justify the optimistic read on a cooling labor market, and what would change it

Why weaker jobs data lowers the opportunity cost of holding gold and silver

Where the Strait of Hormuz negotiations stand after the June memorandum broke down

Gold’s December futures at $4,400 and silver touching $65.05

Why roughly 55% of this rally is physical demand rather than paper positioning, and why that matters for durability

Central banks buying about 1,000 tons a year for four straight years

0:00 This Week’s Three Stories
0:51 The Jobs Report That Blindsided Wall Street
2:31 The Optimistic Take
3:03 What Weak Jobs Mean For Metals
3:37 Oil And The Strait Of Hormuz
5:38 Gold And Silver This Week
6:28 What’s Actually Driving The Rally
7:20 Central Banks Keep Buying
7:41 Putting It All Together

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