🔥 MARKET UPDATES |

🏦 Fed: Jerome Powell warned that politicizing rate cuts could destabilize the $29T US Treasury market. Bond yields were mostly flat while stocks hit record highs.

🥇 Metals: CME Group is shifting precious-metals futures margins to a percentage-of-notional model amid rising volatility. Gold remains strong, with silver showing a sharp rally in 2026.

🇯🇵 Yen: The Japanese yen weakened against the dollar as wide US–Japan yield gaps and capital outflows continue to weigh on the currency.

⚫️ BlackRock: BlackRock cut around 1% of its workforce as part of ongoing cost-control and restructuring efforts.

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