Global Market Weekly Recap: August 19 – 23, 2024


While most market players were zoned in on the FOMC minutes and expectations for Powell’s testimony during the Jackson Hole Symposium, commodities like gold and crude oil also responded to their own set of catalysts.

Geopolitical headlines and global growth concerns dragged the energy commodity mostly lower during the first half of the week while the precious metal managed to hit record highs.

How did the rest of the asset classes react to top-tier developments? Check out this week’s market headlines.

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