Fed Will Stay the Course: Valentin Marinov

Credit Agricole's head FX strategist Valentin Marinov says that gold is the ultimate hedge in the current environment. He further adds that over the summer markets will start witnessing clear evidence that tariffs are starting to filter into the harder data and the expectations of the Fed's rate path will become clearer. He spoke with Francine Lacqua on June 19.

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