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WTI jumped 2.66% to $93.91 after Yemen's Houthis hit Saudi energy sites and threatened a broader operation, injecting a fresh supply-side inflation impulse just before the US CPI print and FOMC decision. That combination is the direct channel into risk assets: the S&P 500 slipped 0.35% to 7,700 and Bitcoin fell 1.07% to $78,401 as bond-market tightening and repricing of Fed expectations drove wide crypto swings, while gold held near $4,395. Germany's July trade surplus widened to €21.3 billion from €15.4 billion, but on a 5.7% import slump versus a 0.8% export decline, a weak-demand signal rather than a growth upgrade; watch whether CPI validates the oil-driven inflation-expectation channel and whether the yen's push to a seven-month high extends ahead of the BoJ, with USD/JPY at 154.36.
As a Market signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around CL=F, BTC, JPY=X.
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