July consumer inflation moderated at the margin, while producer prices combined a flat headline reading with a firmer core measure. A 17.4 million-barrel increase in commercial crude inventories softened the near-term energy impulse. Federal Reserve data then showed reserve balances falling as the Treasury General Account increased ahead of the August refunding settlement. The completed-Friday USD Impact Score was −0.62, remaining in a soft-dollar regime as gold and S&P 500 readings outweighed firmer-dollar contributions from Treasury yields.
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July CPI rose 0.1% on the month and 3.4% over 12 months, while core CPI rose 0.2% and 2.5%. July producer prices were unchanged, but the measure excluding food, energy, and trade services rose 0.4% and was 4.7% higher over 12 months. The combination left the inflation signal mixed rather than decisively directional.
Daily editions:2026-08-10 · 2026-08-11 · 2026-08-12 · 2026-08-13 · 2026-08-14
The July CPI energy index fell 1.5% and gasoline fell 2.9%. EIA then reported that commercial crude inventories excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve increased by 17.4 million barrels in the week ended August 7, while its cited August 7 WTI spot price was $6.39 below the prior week.
Daily editions:2026-08-12 · 2026-08-13 · 2026-08-14
Federal Reserve data showed average reserve balances falling by $49.290 billion in the week ended August 12 as the Treasury General Account increased by $56.626 billion. Total Federal Reserve assets increased by $11.388 billion, partly offsetting that tighter input, while the $125 billion August refunding package was set to settle on August 17.
Daily editions:2026-08-10 · 2026-08-13 · 2026-08-14
The reporting week moved from scheduled inflation and Treasury-supply risk to a mixed set of released signals. July CPI moderated at the margin, July producer prices paired a flat headline reading with a firmer core measure, and the weekly petroleum report showed a large commercial crude inventory increase. By Friday, Federal Reserve balance-sheet data added a tighter reserve-liquidity input through a higher Treasury cash balance and lower reserve balances ahead of the August refunding settlement.
The inflation and energy developments reduced some immediate pressure from headline prices, while firmer core producer prices and tighter weekly reserve liquidity prevented a single-direction macro conclusion. The completed-Friday score nevertheless remained in a soft-dollar regime. The news brief tracks verified developments and conditional transmission channels; the score measures the completed week’s configuration across eight standardized market inputs.
The score fell by 0.05 during the week and by 0.19 over four weeks. Gold and S&P 500 readings made the two largest softer-dollar contributions, at approximately −0.346 and −0.327. U.S. 10-year and 2-year Treasury yields provided the two largest firmer-dollar offsets, at approximately +0.202 and +0.148. WTI and Bitcoin also contributed on the softer-dollar side, while DXY supplied a small firmer-dollar contribution. The combined configuration therefore stayed below the −0.30 boundary separating the soft-dollar and neutral ranges.
The next confirmed tests are the August 17 Treasury refunding settlement, the August 18 industrial-production release and long-duration Treasury buyback, the August 19 FOMC minutes and petroleum report, and the August 20 Treasury buyback in 3- to 5-year nominal coupons. Funding conditions, the policy debate, energy inventories, and the breadth of the score’s eight component contributions will help show whether the week’s softer-dollar configuration persists or narrows.
This brief adds no new external event claims. It summarizes the five published Daily USD Impact editions for August 10–14 and the archived, deterministic USD Impact Score snapshot for the completed week ending August 14. Each daily edition retains its underlying primary-source and reporting-source ledger.
