RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Metal you are sooo right Garden, Keep in mind that a recession not a long duration event and is defined as:
The NBER defines a recession as "a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than two quarters which is 6 months, normally visible in real gross domestic product (GDP), real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales".
For your question: "Does Fed will continue thier rate hikes as planned?" Well, that's the million dollar question. If they don't inflation continues unchecked affecting economy. If they do, they will likely cause a recession (which is long overdue anyway).
For Casion, we do in fact sit in the cat bird seat. In a recession money flows to safety...Gold. In prosperity it flows to expansion ...Copper. And for the latter at least, there is a looming supply gap to demand which will only grow. For the former, there are already signs of some governements changing back to a gold standard which requires physical metal as well as it beign the investment "safety" position..