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The ten-year Treasury yield is flashing a warning sign, touching its highest level of the Trump second term and drawing renewed attention from bond traders. With oil climbing back toward ninety dollars a barrel, the combination is rekindling inflation fears and putting pressure on rate-sensitive assets across the board. Analysts say this is the kind of move that forces a reassessment of the soft landing narrative.
Speaking of oil, President Trump announced a deal giving the United States majority control over sixty-five billion barrels of Venezuela's proven reserves, a headline that sounds dramatic but is unlikely to move the needle at the pump anytime soon. Production constraints, infrastructure decay, and sanctions complexity mean any meaningful supply increase remains years away, not months.
Meanwhile, Amazon is under fresh legal pressure after the FTC filed suit accusing the e-commerce giant of running a deceptive ad auction system that artificially inflated floor prices during peak shopping periods, costing merchants billions. The lawsuit spans seven years and carries the weight of more than twenty state attorneys general, making it one of the more significant regulatory actions against the company in recent memory. Amazon shares slipped on the news.
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