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Lebanon:<\/strong> US Secretary of State Rubio announced direct talks with the Lebanese government, but Lebanon-Israel negotiations have stalled over disagreements on the troop-withdrawal mechanism. Hezbollah’s leader has called for Israeli forces to withdraw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iranian President Pezeshkian visited Pakistan, emphasizing a relationship built on mutual respect. Iran and Oman reached an agreement to form a joint committee overseeing the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, a cyberattack disrupted Iranian banks linked to the IRGC, with suspicion falling on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n North Korea:<\/strong> Kim Jong Un announced that North Korea will build two Choe Hyon-class warships per year over the next five years to strengthen its naval power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bank of Canada Governor Macklem voiced concern over food inflation, though he hasn’t yet seen broad-based pressure, and expects CPI to climb toward roughly 3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bank of England member Taylor backed a rate cut, arguing the current wage picture more closely resembles 2011 than 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd85 In the US, the Fed’s Goolsbee reaffirmed a cautious stance on inflation. Fed Chair Warsh is set to testify before Congress on July 14, while the dollar strengthened to a multi-month high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udfed US manufacturing cut jobs at the fastest pace since the pandemic, reflecting mounting pressure in the industrial sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n China retaliated against the US by adding 10 entities to its export-control list and barring 46 American companies from government procurement. Commerce Secretary Lutnick signaled possible action against imports of state-subsidized Chinese robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udcc9 MSCI postponed its review of Indonesia’s market status to November, warning it could downgrade the country from emerging to frontier market if reforms don’t progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Oil closed lower, with WTI settling at $73.21 (down 0.88%) and Brent at $77.08 (down 1.05%) as Middle East tensions eased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udcca The API report showed US crude inventories fell by 765,000 barrels last week, while shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz recovered to nearly three times its prior level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd47 Spot gold dropped below $4,100 an ounce on the risk-asset sell-off and easing tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udcc9 The tech sell-off intensified: the Nasdaq 100 fell 3.5%, chip stocks plunged around 8%, and South Korea’s KOSPI entered a 10% correction from its peak. US stocks closed lower, with the S&P 500 down 1.4%, as investors eye Micron’s earnings as a test of AI demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f Safe-haven flows supported US Treasuries and pushed the dollar to its strongest since November, while Bitcoin fell 3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\ude80 SpaceX priced its first bond offering at $25 billion, drawing demand of up to $89 billion \u2014 one of the largest corporate debt sales of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udcc8 S&P Dow Jones Indices is set to add Alphabet and Honeywell to its index calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd16 Cerebras reported 92% growth in core Q1 revenue and announced a 750-megawatt deal with OpenAI worth over $20 billion \u2014 one of the largest AI infrastructure agreements yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udce6 FedEx beat Q4 expectations with revenue up 13% to $25 billion and forecasts fiscal-2026 EPS growth of up to 20%. Nike named David Denton as its new CFO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udcb0 Blackstone plans to invest $30 billion in AI data centers in Japan, while Walmart acquired Vibe.co for $1.4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udcf1 Meta confirmed it’s moving ahead with plans for a prediction-markets platform and appointed Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp, as over 20,000 US users reported issues accessing Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Technology stocks sold off sharply worldwide on fears that the AI-driven rally has become overstretched. The Nasdaq 100 dropped 3.5% and chip stocks plunged around 8%, while investors fled to safe-haven assets \u2014 pushing the US dollar to its strongest level since November. Oil and gold both retreated, even as several details in the US-Iran…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[323],"tags":[429,431,430],"class_list":["post-2006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-insights","tag-economic","tag-nasdaq100","tag-stock"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tMonetary Policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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