Fed won’t hike but hold, Warsh may have started too hawkish, and U.S. policy is driving sovereign gold demand – Natixis’ Christopher Hodge

(Kitco News) – Inflation will be the Fed’s principal preoccupation for the balance of 2026, but that doesn’t mean monetary policy will move an inch, while U.S. sanctions and trade policies continue to stoke sovereign demand for gold, according to Christopher Hodge, Head Economist for the U.S. at Natixis.