🛡️ Economic Calendar
📆 Thursday, July 10, 2025 | ⏰ 10:30 London/BST / 05:30 New York/EDT
📦 Status: CPI tension unresolved, long-end auctions and Fed speak take centre stage
🎯 Executive Summary
Markets remain directionless despite a heavy week of macro catalysts. CPI-linked pressures built early through used car inflation and strong Redbook data, but follow-through was absent. Yesterday’s FOMC minutes reaffirmed the Fed’s restrictive stance and reintroduced tariff risk as a live inflation threat — a pivotal narrative shift.
Today’s tape is structured around labour data, the 30Y bond auction, and multiple Fed speakers. Vol remains compressed, but curve tension is rising. If long-end demand falters or jobless claims breach 240K, the coil may snap.
📊 Full Economic Calendar – Week of July 08–12, 2025
📅 Monday, July 07
✅ 3M & 6M Bill Auctions stable at 4.255% and 4.145%
🔻 Fed Balance Sheet edged down to $6.66T
📅 Tuesday, July 08
🔺 Used Car Prices YoY: 6.3% (core inflation back)
⚠️ Redbook YoY: 5.9% (consumer strength)
🔻 Consumer Credit: $5.1B (weakest since mid-2023)
🟢 3Y Auction strong at 3.891%
📅 Wednesday, July 09
⚠️ MBA Apps +9.4% — biggest jump in months
🛢️ Crude build +7.07M but energy held firm
📉 Wholesale Inventories –0.3% → Q2 GDP drag
🔎 FOMC Minutes → restrictive tone, tariff risk, no pivot
📅 Thursday, July 10 (Today)
| Time (ET) | Event | Forecast | Consensus | Insight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 AM | Initial Jobless Claims (JUL/05) | 245K | 233K | ⚠️ Above 240K = stress signal |
| 08:30 AM | Continuing Claims (JUN/28) | 1.967M | 1.980M | ⚖️ Watching for reversal or plateau |
| 10:00 AM | Fed Musalem Speech | – | – | 🧭 Hawk/dove tone pivot potential |
| 10:30 AM | EIA NatGas Stocks (JUL/04) | 56Bcf | 55Bcf | 🔋 Storage watch continues |
| 01:00 PM | 30-Year Bond Auction | – | 4.844% | 🔭 Long-end sentiment test |
| 01:15 PM | Fed Waller Speech | – | – | 🗣️ May lean hawkish given inflation tone |
| 02:30 PM | Fed Daly Speech | – | – | 🗣️ Labour and wage commentary expected |
📅 Friday, July 11
🌾 WASDE Agricultural Report
🛢️ Baker Hughes Rig Count
💸 Monthly Budget Statement — forecast: –$350B
🧠 FOMC Minutes Summary – Released July 09
🎯 1. Policy Rate Path
No near-term cuts; Fed remains “sufficiently restrictive”
Concern over easing too early remains high
➡️ Titan View: 🛑 No pivot, data-dependent caution
🧾 2. Inflation Drivers: Tariffs Return to Focus
Tariff escalation flagged as renewed risk to inflation
Core services and shelter remain persistent
➡️ Titan View: ⚠️ Watch trade policy shifts for CPI impact
💼 3. Labour Market Softening (Gently)
Conditions easing but wage growth still elevated
➡️ Titan View: ⚖️ Labour fatigue without collapse = no help from Fed
🏦 4. Financial Conditions
Stable on surface, but equity valuations noted as stretched
➡️ Titan View: 🧭 Fed monitoring tech exuberance indirectly
🔒 Locked Snapshot – 10:30 BST / 05:30 EDT
| Asset | Price | Tactical Note |
|---|---|---|
| SPX | 6,263.26 | Holding above 6,200 — still within the coil |
| NDX | 22,864.91 | Ceiling near 23K remains firm |
| BTC | 111,397.88 | May attempt breakout if equity vol persists |
| GOLD | 3,323.32 | Quiet bid, no panic — hedge flows not active |
| DXY | 97.470 | Weak post-FOMC — risk bid back on |
| US10Y | 4.350% | Flat ahead of long bond auction |
| VIX | 15.99 | Surface vol compressed, curve flattening |
🔍 Full Market Snapshot (Delta Moves)
| Ticker | Asset | Price | % Chg | Δ | Tactical Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VX1! | VIX Futures (Front) | 19.250 | –0.05% | –0.010 | Vol curve base still firm |
| VX2! | VIX Futures (Back) | 20.420 | –0.02% | –0.005 | Flattening — risk premia neutralised |
| ES1! | S&P 500 E-mini Futures | 6,299.25 | –0.13% | –8.00 | Still within compression, no catalyst yet |
| NQ1! | Nasdaq 100 E-mini Futures | 23,034.25 | –0.08% | –18.50 | Faded above 23K — watch DXY for trigger |
| SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF | 624.06 | +0.60% | +3.72 | Bid still present — needs catalyst |
| QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust (NDX ETF) | 556.25 | +0.71% | +3.91 | Flow positive — risk if Fed tone shifts |
| XAUUSD | Gold Spot | 3,323.32 | +0.29% | +9.62 | Quiet support zone rebuild |
| WTICOUSD | West Texas Crude Oil | 68.513 | –0.41% | –0.285 | Inventory ignored — macro bid remains |
| DJIA | Dow Jones Composite | 13,907.97 | +0.39% | +54.35 | Rotation back into cyclicals? |
🧭 Titan Trade Playbook
| Trader Type | Setup Insight |
|---|---|
| Scalpers | Fade SPX >6,275 if bond auction tails or Fed speaks hawkish |
| Intraday | Watch NDX fade at 23K and BTC >111K for sentiment reversal |
| Swing | Still no breakout — compression environment |
| Position | Stay light — no CPI/FOMC resolution yet |
📈 Trade Ideas Today
• 🟢 Long Bias: BTC above 111K → breakout potential
• 🔴 Short Bias: SPX if 6,275 fails on weak bond auction
• ⚖️ Neutral: GOLD — flows mixed, tone dependent on DXY
📉 Asset Class Summary
| Class | Narrative | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| Equities | Compression remains | ⚖️ Neutral |
| FX | USD soft post-FOMC | 🔻 Bearish |
| Metals | Quiet bid, no panic hedge | ⚖️ Neutral |
| Bonds | Front-end stable, 30Y in focus | 🧭 Auction risk |
🧠 Final Tactical View
Markets have coiled around CPI, FOMC, and auction themes — yet none have delivered the breakout catalyst. With vol now tightly wound and Fed members due to speak, risk is building toward a macro-volatility repricing moment.
The longer the compression, the sharper the release. Stay reactive, not predictive.
Best Wishes and Success to All
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📉 Economic Calendar data reflects positioning as of July 10 (reported July 10)
📦 Daily Reference Tag: 01.ECON.100725
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