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Americas
DXY Topped 100. The Dollar Isn’t Strong. It’s Just the Last Man Standing.
DXY crossed 100 on Friday. EUR/USD is at 1.1457, USD/JPY at 158, and Q4 GDP was just revised to 0.7% as core PCE hit 3.1%. Here's what's driving the dollar and what breaks the trade.
Commodities
Brent Closed Above $100 for the First Time Since August 2022.
Brent settled at $100.46 on Thursday, its first close above $100 since August 2022. Iran's new supreme leader vowed to keep Hormuz closed. The Fed is frozen. Here's what actually matters.
Economy
US CPI Holds at 2.4% in February as Oil Shock Rewrites the Inflation Outlook
US CPI held at 2.4% in February 2026, in line with forecasts. But the clean data precedes an oil shock from the Iran war that analysts warn will reshape the March and April readings and the Fed's rate path.
Crypto
Kraken Just Got a Key to the Fed. Five Years Ago They Were Told That Would Never Happen.
Kraken Financial just became the first crypto company with a Federal Reserve master account. Direct Fedwire access. No middleman bank. Five years in the making.
Stocks
ISM Prices Just Printed 70.5. The Dollar Rallied. Rate Cuts Didn’t.
ISM Prices Paid surged to 70.5, the highest since 2022. EUR/USD dropped to 1.17, GBP/USD clings to 1.34 as rate cut bets collapse.
Economy
US Mortgage Rates Hit Three-Year Low at 6.01% — but Fed Minutes Reveal Deep Policy Rift
US 30-year mortgage rate hits 6.01%, lowest since September 2022, as Fed minutes reveal policy rift and January home sales plunge 8.4% to two-year low.
Crypto
Jordan Opens the Door to Crypto While the Fed Tries to Build the Walls Around It
Jordan admitsJordan admits its first crypto firm to the CBJ sandbox. The Fed proposes treating digital assets as a standalone class for derivatives. Two sides of one shift. first virtual asset firm to regulatory sandbox while US Fed proposes classifying crypto as independent asset class
