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French Sovereign Fragility Index. Critical breach of the 30-year OAT yield to ~4.73% on July 22, 2026

https://www.steelldy-indices.com The yield on the French 30-year OAT bond reached ~4.73% on July 22, 2026, the highest level since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and Eurozone Debt Crisis. This level is identified as a critical systemic threshold, crossing the 4.50-4.69% zone identified by GARCH-X Markov-switching and DSGE models calibrated on 2000-2026 data. The yield…

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French Debt Crosses the Rubicon: 30-Year OAT Yield Hits Phase Transition at 4.6926%

https://www.steelldy-indices.com The morning fixing of the 30-year French OAT yield at 4.6926% marks a "phase transition" market event. Cross-referenced with our proprietary risk engines, this level signals a critical threshold for French debt sustainability, with non-negligible probability of a self-fulfilling confidence crisis. Key findings: the 5-year implied probability of a French fiscal accident jumped from…

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Why Bank of America Still Sees Gold at $6,000 Despite Rate Hike Risks and Global Turmoil

Bank of America suggests gold could potentially reach $6,000, but not in the near term, due to significant headwinds from the Federal Reserve's tightening monetary policy. The bank was previously optimistic during gold's rally last year, expecting prices to hit $6,000 by spring. However, a recent correction has led its metals research team, led by…

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Navigating the Nuances: Synthetic Carbon Credits and Their Hidden Dangers

Synthetic carbon credit tokens provide derivative exposure to carbon markets (e.g., ICE EUA, voluntary indices) via futures, total return swaps, or oracle-replicated performance, without physical custody or retirement of underlying credits. This delivers operational efficiency (fractionalization, 24/7 liquidity, reduced verification costs) but introduces material counterparty risk (issuer solvency/fulfillment), basis/tracking error risk (deviation from reference index…

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Refinery Activity and Supply Chain Integrity

Executive Summary Satellite signatures combined with AIS vessel tracking and OSINT currently indicate elevated refinery activity in US/Europe amid global disruptions, but severe anomalies in Middle East tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz. As of mid-June 2026, Hormuz transits are near-historic lows (often <10 vessels/day, down 70-97% from baseline), with widespread "dark" operations…

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Regulatory Fundamentals and Architecture of Pillar Two in France | Operational Mechanisms of the GloBE Regime

1.1 Minimum Effective Tax Rate of 15% and calculation of the top-up tax Pillar Two of the OECD framework on international tax reform introduces a minimum effective tax rate of 15% applicable to the profits of multinational enterprises (MNEs) with consolidated revenue exceeding 750 million euros. This mechanism, formalized in the GloBE (Global Anti-Base Erosion)…

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