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Dollar weakens after softer June CPI shifts focus from oil shock
June headline CPI fell 0.4% month over month, while core CPI was unchanged, easing pressure for additional Fed tightening even as Brent climbed above $87.
The dollar fell broadly in early trading after June CPI delivered a larger-than-expected downside surprise, pulling market attention away from escalating geopolitical risks and back toward a more benign inflation outlook, according to Action Forex.
Headline CPI dropped 0.4% on the month, while core CPI was unchanged, both coming in below expectations and challenging recent market moves that had priced in more Federal Reserve tightening.
The CPI release also reduced the immediate significance of Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s first semiannual congressional testimony, giving policymakers more flexibility to remain patient despite renewed strength in oil prices.
Still, the data arrived as the oil market stayed tense, with Brent crude rising above $87 amid renewed fighting between the United States and Iran, including ballistic missile launches toward a US air base in Jordan and further US strikes tied to the Strait of Hormuz. Action Forex said investors differentiated between today’s cooler inflation, supported by prior energy declines, and the potential for higher crude prices to raise future inflation risks.
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