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Stocks are advancing in a rocky trading session that has already featured the major benchmarks swinging between sizable gains and losses. Investors are viewing the glass as half full after Mag7 earnings in the past two days depicted ongoing appetites for monumental AI capital expenditures and robust cloud and semiconductor sales performances. But the equity appreciation is narrow\u2014only three of the principal 11 sectors are climbing while another jump in borrowing costs has the 7- through 30-year maturities at their heaviest levels of 2026. It\u2019s precisely the relentless bear-steepening Treasury curve that has blocked the stock market broadening because the rate-sensitive, cyclically oriented names in the Dow Jones Industrial and Russell 2000 indices are disproportionately harmed by these tighter financial conditions that are essentially pushing the Fed to hike. Indeed, the fixed-income complex is moving further away from the central bank\u2019s current mid-point of 3.63% as bond vigilantes protest Chair Kevin Warsh\u2019s overly patient posture while dialing up inflation expectations amidst a monetary policy institution that isn\u2019t following through on its hawkish rhetoric at this juncture. Yields are also reacting, to a lesser extent, to elevated geopolitical tensions. This morning\u2019s hotter-than-anticipated ECI and UMich revisions, furthermore, haven\u2019t helped government debt assets as the prints signaled a healthy employment picture alongside improving consumer sentiment. Elsewhere, the greenback is nearly flat, commodities are retreating minus crude, cryptocurrencies are getting battered and volatility protection instruments are seeing modest demand. Additionally, prediction markets are catching bids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cash component of labor compensation continued to grow during the second quarter, but the gains were countered by slower benefit charge increases. The Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose by a hotter-than-expected 0.9% quarter-over-quarter (q\/q) pace, matching the prior period\u2019s progress while beating the 0.8% estimate. Wages accelerated from 0.8% to 0.9%, but benefits decelerated from 1.2% to 1% q\/q. Overall, the state\/local government sector experienced a climb of 1% q\/q while private employers saw a lift of 0.9%. Separately, the 3.4% year-over-year (y\/y) expansion in the ECI points to workers struggling to keep up with inflation, which ran at a slightly faster rate of 3.5% in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The University of Michigan (UMich) Consumer Sentiment Index was revised higher as households reported improving optimism about the road ahead. The headline was adjusted from 54.4 to 55.2, while the indices for current and future conditions saw bifurcated shifts. The former was downgraded slightly from 54.9 to 54.8 while the latter was upgraded from 54 to 55.4. Despite shoppers expressing rising confidence regarding economic prospects, pocketbook issues remained top of mind amidst elevated inflation and geopolitical uncertainty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fed Can\u2019t Have Its Cake and Eat it Too<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The recent dissatisfaction in the fixed-income space is poised to become much worse if the Federal Reserve doesn\u2019t hike at its next meeting. Bond vigilantes are in a confused position with the central bank, as Chair Warsh has moved from being ranked the most hawkish member of the committee to somewhere in the middle of the pack. This dynamic was evident when three dissenters voted in favor of an increase prior to Wednesday\u2019s presser, while the chief seemed to want to kick the can down the road and simultaneously try to explain that the previous group allowed inflationary pressures to run above target for an excessive period of time. The Treasury complex is yelling that it won\u2019t allow the monetary policy institution to have its cake and eat it too and significant consequences are set to hit the long end if rates aren\u2019t lifted in September. Indeed, duration is going to suffer substantially amidst market participants that are waiting to see if current leadership has the discipline to aggressively follow-through on the price side of its mandate. I ultimately think the organization will raise at its upcoming opportunity and that would benefit equity and debt assets; however, a failure to do so will likely result in more pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International Roundup<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Inflation In Europe Accelerates, as Expected<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The euro zone\u2019s Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices, (HICP) which is also referred to as the Consumer Price Index, was up 2.9% y\/y in July, a hotter print than 2.8% in the preceding month, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat. The July reading matched the economist consensus estimate. Price pressures also accelerated on a month-over-month (m\/m) basis with the metric up 0.2% following June\u2019s 0.1% decline. For the annual result, energy was a major pain point, posting a 10% gain. In fact, the HICP excluding energy was up only 2.2% y\/y but unchanged m\/m. The full core version of the gauge, which excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, however, was up 2.5% y\/y and was flat m\/m. Within the headline print, the services category was 3.3% more expensive than in the year-ago period and the food, alcohol and tobacco category produced a 1.2% jump. Non-energy industrial goods trailed with a 0.9% ascent. In June, the European Central Bank hiked its key deposit facility rate 25 basis points to 2.25%, explaining that the Middle East War was generating price pressures, and it forecasted an average inflation rate of 3% for this year and 2.3% for 2027. Earlier this month, it decided to hold the current rate with energy prices matching the organization\u2019s outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GDP in South Korea Contracts on Quarterly Basis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Hong Kong\u2019s second-quarter gross domestic product sank 0.6% q\/q and the y\/y expansion slowed from 5.9% during the first three months of 2026 to 4.3%, according to advanced estimates from the Census and Statistics Department. Both July metrics were disappointing with economists anticipating a q\/q decline of 0.3% and an annual gain of 4.8%. The quarterly decline, the first in approximately four years, was brought on by slower growth of investment, government spending and private consumption. The deceleration occurred even as Hong Kong exports have soared as a result of demand for semiconductors needed for artificial intelligence. The exports, however, have primarily been re-exports as Hong Kong is a gateway for China\u2019s trade with other markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China\u2019s Official PMI Depicts Economic Contraction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The government provided Composite Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for China fell 1.3 points in July from 50.6 in the preceding month, depicting a decline in economic activity, according to the preliminary release. The index\u2019s threshold of contraction and growth is 50. The manufacturing component of the PMI slipped from 51.4 to 49.9 with seasonal factors, such as high temperatures, rainfall and typhoons hindering activity. and the non-manufacturing component dropped from 50.2 to 49. Demand for manufactured products also slowed. Construction contracted considerably while sales prices weakened and orders softened.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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