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Societe Generale strategist Kunal Kundu expects India’s June 2026 headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation to print around 4.1% year-on-year, slightly above May’s 3.9% but still within the RBI’s tolerance band. Kundu highlights food, fuel and services as key drivers, while noting partial and delayed pass-through from wholesale prices. It argues that competitive conditions, policy buffers and moderate demand should prevent a sustained inflation acceleration. Food, fuel and core inflation dynamics “India’s June 2026 headline CPI inflation is likely to print at around 4.1% yoy, marking a modest acceleration from 3.9% in May while remaining comfortably within the RBI’s inflation tolerance band. The expected increase is less a reflection of broad-based inflationary pressures and more a consequence of a gradual firming in food, fuel and select services categories over recent
Heightened U.S.-Iran tensions may lead to prolonged military engagement, impacting global markets and diplomatic relations significantly.
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Germany's diplomatic push and mine-clearing offer may catalyze regional stability, influencing future US-Iran dialogue and market dynamics.
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Rising US-Iran tensions could lead to prolonged oil market volatility, impacting global economic stability and energy security strategies.
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Oil just grabbed the steering wheel again. One weekend of headlines out of the Strait of Hormuz, and suddenly everyone who was trading chips and AI multiples is back to watching Brent ticks and gasoline spreads. This isn’t the 1970s, but energy shocks still punch through growth stocks, inflation expectations, and rate paths. The timing is awkward too, with equities priced for immaculate disinflation and a clean landing. Let’s walk through what changed, how it filters into the S&P 500, what to watch in the next few weeks, and where the trapdoors sit if this escalates.
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New Hormuz flashpoint
U.S. forces struck Iranian targets on July 7 after attacks on commercial vessels, raising fresh supply risk in a critical oil chokepoint Al‑Monitor.
Policy shift on Iranian oil
U.S. Treasury revoked a general licence for Iranian crude sales following tanke
Rising oil prices amid Hormuz tensions could destabilize global markets, impacting economies reliant on oil imports and exports.
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They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?
The two great existential threats of our time – the climate crisis and AI – come hurtling together in the explosion of datacentres across Australia and around the world.
You can hardly avoid hearing about them these days, either with awed reverence of the promised benefits to humankind or with fear and anger given the implications for the climate, inflation, jobs and even housing affordability.
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