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〈Warsh Testimony and CPI as Binary Catalysts Amid Growing Internal FOMC Tension; BofA Bull-Bear Indicator Triggers Sell Signal〉
With Chair Warsh's semi-annual congressional testimony and June CPI data both due Tuesday, the market faces a binary week; WSJ reports growing internal Fed tension over rate hikes, BofA's Bull & Bear Indicator triggered a sell signal, and the consensus of "no landing, no rate cuts, no rate hikes, no AI capex cut, no Democratic sweep" is described as extremely fragile.
U.S.-Iran Trade Fifth Round of Strikes; Strait Transit Hits Five-Week Low of 6 Ships; Oil Surges ~4% to $79
The U.S.-Iran standoff escalated further over the weekend with a fifth week of U.S. strikes and expanded Iranian retaliatory attacks on Qatar and the UAE, while Iran declared the Strait closed and the U.S. insisted it remained open; transit fell to 6 vessels on Sunday (five-week low), and Brent crude surged ~4% to $79/bbl, though prices remain far below wartime highs.