· Tuesday
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Hammack's Multi-Hike Push vs. Disinflation Countdown: 30Y at 19-Year High, Sept Odds ~45–51%, Cook-Removal Battle, Oil Rebound — Wednesday's CPI the Sole Arbiter
Beth Hammack's multi-hike demand and Trump's renewed push to remove Governor Lisa Cook hardened the hawkish/political layer overnight, but with September hike odds clustered around 45–51%, the 30-year at a 19-year high of 5.28%, and oil back near $90 on stalled Hormuz talks, Wednesday's July CPI remains the single arbiter of the rate path .
Mutual War-Reparations Demands Derail Hormuz Reopening; Brent Nears $90, WTI $84; Zero LNG Transits, Qatar Shutdown Risk in 1–2 Weeks; Rezaee Tapped to Head Iran's Top Security Body; US SPR Below 300M bbl First Time Since 1983
Escalation on terms: Trump's Aug 10 demand that Iran pay compensation — answering Tehran's own reparations conditions — left US-Iran talks at an impasse, sending Brent up ~5% Monday to settle at $87.72 and toward $90 on Tuesday, while zero LNG vessels crossed the strait last week and JPMorgan warns Qatar could be forced to cut liquefaction within 1–2 weeks .