🇨🇳 China’s Q2 GDP grew by 5.2% y/y — slightly above forecasts but slower than Q1’s 5.4%. Officials warn of ongoing global and structural headwinds.
🏭 Industrial production surged 6.8% y/y in June — the fastest pace since March.
🛍️ Retail sales slowed to 4.8% from 6.4% in May.
🏗️ Fixed asset investment rose just 2.8% in H1 — below expectations.
📉 The data paints a picture of a mixed recovery.
💸 The PBoC injected 1.4 trillion yuan (~$195B) via reverse repos to support short-term liquidity (3- and 6-month tenors).
🤖 Mark Zuckerberg announced massive investments into AI:
💼 Project Hyperion, 🧠 Meta Super Intelligence Labs, and future Titaned clusters (2026 launch). Meta aims to lead the race to superintelligence.
🥇 Goldman Sachs now sees gold hitting $3,700 by year-end and $4,000 by mid-2026, fuelled by Chinese demand, ETF inflows, and global tensions.
🇺🇸 Bank of America warns that Trump’s 30% tariffs could push the U.S. effective tariff rate up 4%.
💣 The Fed may delay or drop rate cuts in 2025.
📈 The USD strengthened across the board, helped by Trump’s fresh threats of 30% tariffs on the EU and Mexico.
🇷🇺 Trump also promised 100% tariffs on Russian goods unless peace comes within 50 days — plus secondary sanctions on countries buying Russian oil.
🛡️ A new NATO pact with Ukraine was unveiled, including joint Patriot production and U.S. defence deployments.
💰 Bitcoin hit a new ATH of $123,000, then pulled back to $116,500, now stabilising near $117,500.
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