Global Macro · Week of July 29, 2026
Section 301 replaces struck-down tariffs as oil, rare earths, and the Fed reprice risk
- After the Supreme Court, Section 301 Rebuilds Tariff Coverage Through Forced-Labor FindingsAt 12:01 a.m. Eastern on July 24, 2026, an importer's landed cost barely moved. The number underneath it changed everything.
- The Iran War Oil Shock: Why Analysts See $90+ Crude Persisting for at Least a YearArticle — "The Iran War Oil Shock: Why Analysts See $90+ Crude Persisting for at Least a Year": Article — "The Iran War Oil Shock: Why Analysts See $90+ Crude Persisting for at Least a Year": US diesel climbed 18 cents i…
- Warsh's Hawkish Fed Meets a Live FOMC as Markets Whipsaw on Hike OddsArticle — "Warsh's Hawkish Fed Meets a Live FOMC as Markets Whipsaw on Hike Odds": Article — "Warsh's Hawkish Fed Meets a Live FOMC as Markets Whipsaw on Hike Odds": Here is the contradiction most readers miss: the more …
- China Weaponizes Rare Earths and Chip Tools While Orders Quietly Flow Back to Its FactoriesTwo facts sit next to each other and refuse to reconcile.
- AI's Break-Even Problem: Revenue Barely Covers Depreciation as Productivity Stays InvisibleTwenty-five billion dollars in, twenty-one billion out.
Threads we are following
- Whether the Court of International Trade rules that a burden-on-commerce finding covering 99.4% of imports qualifies as a finding at all.
- Whether the reported US-Iran pause holds and if Saudi Red Sea loadings recover from the 2.79 million barrels/day floor
- Whether Wednesday's FOMC delivers the expected hawkish hold and how the next CPI print moves hike odds under a Fed with no projections to anchor expectations
- Whether the L&F–CoreShell model can validate non-China metallization at scale, and how fast comparable processing capacity appears outside China
- Whether the 2027 comprehensive NIPA revision reclassifies AI capability spending the way the 1999 revision reclassified software — and how much 'missing' productivity reappears
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