Weekly Briefing · July 6, 2026

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for microeconomic deployment

Welcome to this Calendar Week 28 HDH macroeconomic podcast.

📅 Monday, July 6, 2026 ⏱ 7 min briefing 🌍 Global Macro

01 / Crypto

Bitcoin turns up — whales accumulate

BTC Spot

$62,850

+3.7% / 7 days

Whale buying

+270k BTC

in two weeks

Market Cap

$1.24 T

recovery underway

Month start

21-mo low

recovered from there

"Whales accumulate 270,000 BTC — institutional confidence in the rebound" – Finbold

02 / Commodities

Gold shines — oil stays relaxed

Gold (XAU/USD)

$4,187

toward $4,200 · firmer

Brent Crude

$72

near pre-conflict level

WTI

$69

comfortably low

📉

Soft U.S. jobs data → investors scale back Fed-hike bets → gold benefits

⚓

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz continues to recover

🛢️

OPEC+ raises output by 188,000 bpd (7 countries, Saudi + Russia)

03 / Equities

Strong week — Dow at record high

S&P 500

7,483

+1.8% / week

Dow Jones

Record

+2.0% · all-time high

Nasdaq

+2.1%

near record

DAX 40

+3.69%

week · Europe shines

Euro Stoxx 50

6,360

+1.24%

Nikkei 225

69,744

+1.47% (Fri)

📈 Only chip stocks consolidate (SOX −6.7%) — a healthy breather

04 / Currencies

Dollar eases — euro & pound firmer

EUR/USD

~1.18

firmer · weaker dollar

USD/CHF

~0.81

back from year high (0.8139)

US 2-yr yield

4.14%

−4 bp after jobs data

The dollar heads for a weekly loss — soft jobs data dampens rate-hike expectations

05 / Policy & Macro

Soft jobs data turn the rate picture

Fed

3.50 – 3.75

Hold · Chair Warsh

ECB

2.25%

after +25 bps (Jun 17)

SNB

0.00%

Hold

BoJ

tightening

two steps 2026

📊

US June jobs: only +57,000 (expected ~113k) · unemployment 4.2%

📉

September hike probability (CME): fell from 64% to 52%

📅

Next dates: Fed July 28–29 · ECB July 30

06 / Polymarket Pulse

Betting markets: only 12% recession risk

US recession 2026

~12%

"No" at 87.5%

Fed cuts 2026: 0

~78–80%

frontrunner

July FOMC no change

~90%

10% for +25 bp

Sahm rule

0.10

well below 0.50 threshold

⭐ Soft jobs data ease the hike debate — the economy is seen as robust

Outlook CW 29

In focus:
Fed meeting July 28–29

📅

Do the soft jobs data cement a calm Fed hold?

💾

Chip sector (SOX −6.7%): breather or buying opportunity?

🪙

Gold near $4,200 — recovery to new highs?

Stay informed.
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