Fed rate-hike fears vanish on terrible jobs data — rotate into Bitcoin and gold
A terrible June jobs report just killed the chances of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. With the rate-hike threat gone, money is already rotating out of the AI/chip trade and into gold and Bitcoin — both of which thrive when borrowing costs stay low.
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The June jobs report was a shocker, adding only 57,000 jobs versus the 115,000 expected. This instantly killed market expectations for a Fed rate hike, causing a massive bond rally and driving gold to hold multi-day gains. Because interest rates are no longer a threat, alternative assets like Bitcoin are surging back above $61,000 as capital looks to rotate out of the struggling AI/chip sector. Investors are treating Bitcoin and gold as the primary beneficiaries of this 'lower for longer' interest rate environment, making this the perfect moment to buy the crypto dip.
What happened since
| Symbol | Dir | T+1 | T+5 | T+20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | LONG | +0.88% ✓ | -0.47% ✗ | — |
Price change since publication · updated Jul 11
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- Bonds Rally as Weak Jobs Report Dims Fed Rate-Hike Expectations — Bloomberg
- Bitcoin holds $61K after US jobs data report, AI sector weakness: Did BTC bottom? — Cointelegraph
- Gold Holds Gains As Weak US Jobs Data Lowers Rate Hike Odds — Bloomberg
- Record chip rally adds $2 trillion in combined value to Micron, Intel and AMD in second quarter — CNBC