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US Producer Inflation Cooled to 4.7% in July, Down From 5.5% in June, But the 10-Year Treasury Yield Stayed High (Sunday, August 16, 2026)
US producer prices (PPI) rose 4.7% year over year in July, down from 5.5% in June and softer than economists expected; a day earlier, consumer inflation had already come in calmer than feared. Yet the 10-year Treasury yield stayed elevated through Friday, August 14, a gap that keeps the path of the dollar and global gold, and from there Tehran's coin and gold prices, unsettled.
Trump to Host Coinbase, Ripple and Kraken CEOs at the White House on Wednesday, August 19; CFTC's New Crypto Innovation Committee Holds Its First Meeting the Next Day
President Trump is expected to meet the CEOs of Coinbase, Ripple, Gemini, Robinhood, Polymarket and Kraken at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, according to CoinDesk and Bitcoin.com News; the SEC and CFTC chairs are also on the guest list. The meeting precedes the CFTC's new crypto Innovation Advisory Committee's first session on Thursday, while the CLARITY Act remains stalled in the Senate until Congress returns in September.
