🔴 HIGH IMPACT — Thursday July 16 Initial Jobless Claims 📅 8:30 AM ET · Forecast: ~220K · Prev: 233K After two consecutive weak labor prints — does the trend continue? A third high print confirms the labor market is cracking. That would further reduce hike probability ahead of July 29 FOMC. 💼
Market update — two inflation prints in two days. Both came in better than expected. 👇 🌡️ CPI June: 3.5% YoY — below the 3.8% forecast ✅ 📉 Monthly CPI: -0.4% — largest monthly drop since April 2020 ✅ 🧮 Core CPI: 2.6% — below 2.8% expected ✅ 🏭 PPI June: also below expectations — pipeline inflation easing ✅ ⛽ Main driver: gasoline prices fell -9.7% in June — Hormuz effect The market reacted immediately. $BTC climbed to $65,500 🚀 and $XAU pushed higher alongside it — both assets reading the same message Rate hike probability for July 29 keeps falling — the data is working in favor of a hold and possibly opening the door to cuts later in 2026 for the first time. 📉 ⚠️ Stay prudent — core CPI at 2.6% is better but still above 2% target ⚠️ One or two good prints don't change the Fed's full picture 📅 Next key moment: FOMC July 28-29 — Warsh's decision Best inflation week since the war started.
🔴 HIGH IMPACT — Wednesday July 15 Retail Sales June 📅 8:30 AM ET · Forecast: +0.3% MoM · Prev: -0.4% How much are Americans spending after months of war and inflation? A rebound expected after May's ugly -0.4%. Confirms or denies whether the consumer is recovering. 🛍️
⚖️ CLARITY Act — last chance window The CLARITY Act missed the July 4 deadline — but it's not dead yet. Lawmakers may drop a new version of the bill as soon as next week, combining the Senate Banking and Agriculture Committee efforts. But the clock is brutal 👇 Senate returns July 13. August 7 recess is the effective deadline — only 25 days of floor time left. Polymarket prices 2026 passage at 48%, down from 74% a month ago. Republicans need 7 Democrats to reach 60 votes. Ethics provisions and stablecoin yield rules still unresolved. Senator Lummis warned: if it fails before midterms, the next chance is 2030. 😬 ❌ July 4 deadline missed — no floor vote ⏰ Effective deadline: August 7 recess — 25 days left 📊 Polymarket odds: 48% — down from 74% last month ⚠️ Still needs 60 votes — 7 Democrats must cross 🆕 New combined draft expected: week of July 14 ⚠️ If it fails: next chance is 2030 per Senator Lummis