🌍 2.9% — inflation jumped, and the Bank's gauge cooled

UK inflation rose to 2.9% in July on energy bills — yet services inflation, the Bank of England's watched gauge, eased. One report, three thermometers.

🌍 6.1% vs 2.8% — one country, two pay rises

Britain's average pay grew 3.5% — public wages up 6.1%, private just 2.8%. What one average hides, and why tomorrow's inflation print is the real test.

🌍 The 60-day deal expired — oil didn't blink

The US–Iran memorandum lapsed with Hormuz still shut, and Brent barely moved. What a non-reaction tells you, plus the week UK inflation takes the stage.

🌍 UK +0.4% — one report card, two true stories

Britain's economy grew 0.4% last quarter — a slowdown hiding a June rebound. How one GDP report tells two true stories, and oil's six-day run ends.

🌍 2.8% — the oil rally reaches German price tags

Germany confirmed July inflation at 2.8% this morning, with energy up 8.3%. How a Gulf strait ends up on a German price tag, in plain words.

🌍 Brent +3.8% — one strait moves Europe's whole board

Oil jumped as the Hormuz standoff hardened. Europe's indices barely moved — but the Bund yield did, and that chain is today's reading lesson.

🌍 DAX +0.7% mid-session — a record run meets a data week

Europe's record run edges into Monday: DAX near 26,400, Bund at 3.13%, euro steady. This week: German inflation Wednesday, UK GDP Thursday.

🌍 STOXX 600 660.25 — a fourth straight record close

Europe's broadest index finished at an all-time high for a fourth day running — Frankfurt, London, and the why behind it, in plain words.

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