Silver slides as hawkish Fed lifts US Dollar and Treasury yields

Silver (XAG/USD) trades under pressure on Wednesday as a stronger US Dollar and rising US Treasury yields weigh on the non-yielding metal following the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy decision. At the time of writing, XAG/USD trades around $62.68, down 1.56% on the day.

Gold impact rationale

Rising rate-hike or hawkish expectations increase gold's opportunity cost.

• Source: FXStreet news
• 2026-09-16
• rates
• dollar

Topics: gold news, gold price impact, rates, dollar