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Week Ahead: Oil Puts Fed Cuts On Ice
Oil above $100 keeps inflation risk alive, complicates the Fed’s rate-cut path, and leaves traders watching USDX, XAUUSD, USOil, SP500 and BTCUSD for sharper cross-asset moves this week. | VT Markets
Week Ahead: All Eyes on Oil as US Blocks Strait of Hormuz
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US oil benchmark, kicked off the week with a strong bullish gap, surging around 11% as it eyes a move back toward the $100 level. The breakdown in US-Iran peace negotiations, coupled with the US move to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, is putting the already fragile ceasefire at risk—supporting further upside in oil prices. | VT Markets
Week Ahead: Peace or Hike?
Tuesday’s Iran peace talks set the first direction, then US Core PCE and US CPI decide whether inflation pressure forces a tougher rates path. | VT Markets
Week Ahead: The 2026 Waiting Game
A stalled peace push, Strait of Hormuz tension, oil near $100 to $150, and CLARITY Act changes keep markets locked in a cautious holding pattern. | VT Markets
Week Ahead: Fed’s Dot Plot Faces a Reality Check
This week’s focus is on whether price action across the dollar, oil, gold, equities and crypto confirms a deeper macro repricing.
