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title: Gold prices and electricity rates
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5179817/
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identifier: SSRN 5179817
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featured: 2025-03-20
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topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
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# Gold prices and electricity rates

Inflation and exchange rate fluctuations significantly affect gold prices and electricity rates, while geopolitical risks have a minor direct impact.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5179817
- Identifier: SSRN 5179817
- Released: 2025-03-15
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 89 (2025-03-20): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-03-20/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates

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