Inflation Numbers from U.S and Fed Outlook, and Intel Corp.

Two key inflation reports will come from the U.S this week. Tomorrow the U.S CPI data will be published and the PPI results will be presented on Thursday.

Intel Corp. Five Year Chart as of 11th August 2025

Via corporate news and perhaps effecting sentiment on Wall Street, Intel's CEO Lip-Bu Tan is scheduled to visit the White House today. Intel Corp. closed around $19.95 going into the weekend. Intel has been a laggard in the stock market. It remains an important barometer, but its price action the past year has opened the door to consideration of the company as a takeover target - this if Intel's boards allows its dissatisfaction of results to fester. A look at the five year chart of Intel printed above shows vast underperformance for shareholders.

Lip-Bu Tan became a target in the Senate last week because of his close business ties to China and companies there which have 'security' connections to the Chinese government. Intel should be watched this week. It is possible the company can produce a turnaround, but negativity makes it a questionable speculative short-term trade for pursuers. What could possibly go wrong as the Intel CEO meets with President Trump at the White House?

The USD has been weaker in Forex the past handful of days and major currencies are approaching values which clearly indicate financial houses are leaning into notions that the Federal Reserve will cut the Federal Funds Rate in September. The next Fed FOMC decision is due on the 17th of Sept. This is more than a full month from now, allowing financial institutions the ability to gamble on their cash forward positions and cause more volatility and price velocity in Forex. The fact that Donald Trump has added Stephen Miran as temporary Fed Governor adds to the ability and outlook that the Federal Reserve will become increasingly dovish. Tame inflation results from the Consumer Price Index tomorrow and the Producer Price Index on Thursday would help USD centric weakness become sustained.

Gold Six Month Chart as of 11th August 2025

Gold near $3,355.00, Bitcoin around $121,500.00, GBP/USD close to 1.34580 as of this writing.

U.K will publish GDP reports on Thursday, last week the Bank of England lowered their Official Bank Rate to 4.00%