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A hot core lifts real yields and hits gold; a soft print does the opposite. The move is usually done within 20 minutes.","bot":"Flat 15 min before. Size the entry by (actual − consensus) / trailing surprise stdev. Exit by 9:30 open or on a 0.6% adverse move."},"pce":{"cat":"inflation","impact":3,"label":"PCE price index","src":"https://www.bea.gov/news/schedule","what":"Personal Income and Outlays with the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, 8:30 AM ET.","gold":"Core PCE is what the Fed targets. Mostly priced after CPI and PPI, so the surprise is small, but a miss versus the nowcast still moves gold 0.5%+.","bot":"Trade the deviation from the CPI/PPI-implied nowcast, not from consensus."},"fomc":{"cat":"fed","impact":3,"label":"FOMC decision","src":"https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm","what":"Rate decision and statement at 2:00 PM ET. SEP meetings add the dot plot and projections.","gold":"This is the biggest scheduled driver of gold. Real yields and the dollar reprice on the statement, then again on the press conference. A dovish surprise lifts gold; hawkish dots sink it. A move of one or two percent inside an hour is normal.","bot":"Flat 30 min before. Trade the second move (press conference) rather than the first print. Widen stops threefold from 14:00 to 15:30."},"fomc_pc":{"cat":"fed","impact":3,"label":"Fed Chair press conference","src":"https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm","what":"Chair's Q&A 30 minutes after the decision.","gold":"Often reverses the 2:00 PM move. 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