Gold Fell 1.7% Today. Silver Fell 3.6%. Five Signals Point at the Dollar, Not Demand.

The dollar and the Fed’s rate path are setting gold and silver’s price this week. Every demand signal points the other way. ETF holdings hit a seven-month high while gold fell — see the five signals separating price from ownership.

Xi Lands in Washington. Gold and Silver Both Retreat, and Silver Falls Harder.

Both metals retreated Wednesday as Xi arrived in Washington and two Fed presidents doubled down on a hawkish rate message. Silver fell more than twice as hard as gold, widening the gold-silver ratio to about 66.2 ahead of Thursday’s formal summit talks.