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Gold Reclaims Its Safe-Haven Shine as a Cooling Jobs Market Dents Fed Hike Bets
Bullion climbed toward $4,170 an ounce and posted its first weekly advance in a month after a run of softer labor data cut the odds of a September Fed rate hike and sent the dollar toward its worst week since April.
Dow Punches Through 53,000 as Chipmakers Power a Post-Holiday Rebound
US equities opened the holiday-shortened week on the front foot, with the Dow clearing 53,000 for the first time before easing and chip stocks driving the Nasdaq higher, according to CNBC.
Bond Traders Lose the Fed's Roadmap as Warsh Ends Forward Guidance
Investors who once parsed each Fed adjective for a rate signal now have far less to read. Chair Kevin Warsh has stripped forward guidance from policy, redirecting attention to the economic data itself.
Trump Walks Away From the Trade Deal He Once Called His Own
The Trump administration passed up the July 1 deadline to renew USMCA, choosing a decade of annual reviews and bilateral bargaining over the pact its own president once championed.
Trump Wields a 100% Tariff Trigger Against Digital Levies on US Tech
President Trump has vowed an immediate 100% tariff on any nation that taxes American technology firms, wielding a levy he insists will supersede trade deals already on the books.
Payrolls Buckle to 57,000 in June, Leaving the Fed Caught Between a Cooling Job Market and Sticky Prices
Nonfarm payrolls climbed 57,000 in June, roughly half of what forecasters expected, and downward revisions erased 74,000 jobs from prior months. The weakness lands on a Fed already boxed in by inflation running well above target.