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Fed Chair Warsh condemns inflation while dodging on hikes
US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Tuesday committed to tackling stubborn inflation in hawkish comments that investors took as a signal borrowing costs are likely to stay higher for longer. Warsh sidestepped questions about whether the Fed would raise rates, even though lawmakers pressed him. But he again emphasized the Fed’s goal of price stability and dismissed a cooler-than-expected inflation report as “just one datapoint,” adding that he doesn’t want to “cherry-pick data.” “There might be some that look at this morning’s data and say, ‘Oh, mission accomplished, everything is swell,’” ... (full story)
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From tickmill.com | Jul 15, 2026
Copper prices are pushing higher through the middle of the week with the futures market up around 3%. The move comes amidst a changing outlook for the US Dollar on the back of yesterdays softer-than-forecast US inflation data. Headline CPI dropped to 3.5% last month, down sharply from the prior months 4.2% reading and well below the 3.8% the market was ...