The dollar is telling you what the Fed hasn't said yet. June minutes published today show "several" participants prepared to cut in September; the trade-weighted dollar closed at its softest level since March. Two-year yields barely moved — the market had it priced — but the interesting divergence is in shipping: the Panama Canal queue hit 38 vessels, its highest since February, while our Supply-Chain Pressure reading rose for the third straight week from a low base. Rate cuts into building logistics friction is a combination worth watching closely, and we lay out the historical record of that pairing inside.
Also in today's full brief: the AI Inference Price Index fell another 4.1% — we itemize which providers cut and where the floor might be; 47 active fires tracked across three states with the seasonal comparison; three patents filed this week citing 1970s NASA thermal-protection research (the dormant-knowledge story of the week); and AI legislation now active in 31 statehouses, including four states that introduced nearly identical bills within six days — we show whose language it is.
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