The opening price of spot gold in London was 194620 US dollars / ounce, the highest was 198152 US dollars / ounce, the lowest was 193930 US dollars / ounce, and the closing price was 197440 US dollars / ounce, with a weekly increase of 1.41%;
The US dollar index opened at 998430, with a maximum of 1007440 and a minimum of 995731, and closed at 1005201, with a weekly increase of 0.68%;
Over 502.51 million cases of covid-19 pneumonia were confirmed worldwide, with a cumulative death of over 6.2 million, and the Omicron virus variant was rampant;
The annualized inflation rate of the United States broke through eight, once again hitting a new high of more than 40 years;
Fed officials continue to make hawkish remarks on raising interest rates, and the Fed's position is almost completely hawkish;
The European central bank only confirmed this week that it plans to end stimulus measures in the third quarter, becoming one of the world's most cautious major central banks;
The geopolitical stalemate between Russia and Ukraine and the risk of peace talks falling again;
Commodity prices soared again;
The Bank of Canada's interest rate resolution statement said that raising interest rates by 50 basis points to 1% would stop buying government bonds on April 25.
