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The Risk Wire

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CPI Cooled, but Oil Reopened the Wound

June CPI gave the market a real rate-relief print, with headline inflation down to 3.5% and core CPI near 2.6%, but Brent pushed back toward $87 as the U.S.-Iran fight re-escalated around Hormuz. I am keeping the pulse at RED because the rate rail improved while the oil/shipping rail worsened, and that is still not a normal-size deployment setup.

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