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Post-Jackson Hole consolidation: September hike odds settle in the 50–60% band, dollar recoups intervention losses, gold cracks; payrolls and CPI now the arbiters
Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole debut flipped the Fed's default from "hold unless data force action" to "hike unless data show it unnecessary," leaving September hike odds in a ~50–60% band and making the August payrolls report (Sept 4) and August CPI (Sept 11) the true arbiters of follow-through .
Iran denies large Hormuz southern-route shipments, calls US flow claims a price-lowering strategy
Iran's security sources, per Iran's Press TV (relayed by Gelonghui), deny that large volumes of oil are shipping through the Strait of Hormuz's southern route and characterize US-related shipment claims as a strategy to lower energy prices — the first direct Iranian challenge to the flow-recovery data underpinning recent premium unwinding. Single source / unverified; no fresh price or transit prints in this batch, preserving a range-firm bias.