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The Risk Wire

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Jobs and Oil Clear the Hike Scare, Not the Green Bar

Thursday gave the market two constructive answers: payrolls slowed to 57,000 and WTI fell below $68 as Hormuz flows improved. I am keeping the pulse at YELLOW, not GREEN, because the unemployment-rate drop came with lower participation, Warsh is still explicitly inflation-first, Iran still wants route control through Hormuz, and the July 6-7 tariff process remains a live inflation catalyst.

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