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Brent crude jumped roughly 6.5% to 79 US dollars a barrel on Wednesday after Trump declared the ceasefire over.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because the dollar's grip on reserves and payment rails is what makes US sanctions bite, so every gold purchase and local-currency deal by China, Russia, and the Gulf slowly weakens Washington's ability to punish adversaries without firing a shot.
Part of the monitored dynamic US Dollar Security · VUCA INDEX 67/100
EVIDENCE CHAIN · 1
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andoveradvertiser.co.uk — Starmer urges return to Iran ceasefire after ‘challenging’ two days
"Brent crude oil jumped by around 6.5% to 79 US dollars a barrel on Wednesday morning after Mr Trump said the ceasefire was over."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from andoveradvertiser.co.uk · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 10.
Extracted JUL 9; approved JUL 10 at 0.55.
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- MFS Investment Management assessed the US dollar remains dominant globally but is slowly losing ground as a store of value.
- MFS cited tariffs, sanctions and fiscal pressures pushing central banks toward non-dollar assets including gold and emerging market currencies.
- Iran's negotiator Ghalibaf accused the US of ceasefire violations including reinstating oil sanctions and persistent strike threats.
- The US revoked a licence that had, for the first time in years, allowed Iran to conduct oil sales openly in US dollars under the interim deal.
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