🔥 Rate cuts are coming! US June CPI unexpectedly went “negative growth,” the first time in six years!

On the evening of July 14, as soon as the data hit, global markets instantly flipped—
US June CPI year-on-year rose only 3.5%, far below the 3.8% expected and a sharp drop from the prior 4.2%; month-on-month was -0.4%, versus expectations of only -0.1%, with the last time still being positive growth—six years ago! Core CPI year-on-year was 2.6%, and month-on-month went straight to zero; the speed at which inflation cooled has shocked everyone.
Traders rewrote the script overnight: rate-hike bets collapsed instantly, expectations were pushed back to October; the next rate hike? The earliest is now September 2026!
The market reaction was even more intense than a movie:
· 📈 US stock index futures surged wildly: Nasdaq-100 futures rose 1.2%, and S&P 500 rose 0.48%;
· 🥇 Gold$XAU ‌ shot up straight, punching through $4,100 during the session, jumping more than 2.4%;
· 💰 Silver rose 3%, with Bitcoin$BTC ‌ and Ethereum$ETH ‌ surging together—crypto traders collectively celebrated;

📉 The US Dollar Index plunged on cue, breaking below the 101 level.
One-sentence summary: Inflation cooled, rate hikes are uncertain, gold is laughing, the dollar is crying. Global assets are being repriced—have you caught this “negative CPI” windfall? 🔥$ETH $BTC surged sharply