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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh concluded his inaugural FOMC meeting on June 17, 2026, announcing five new task forces and a revamped, simpler policy statement while omitting the "dot plot," which created significant market uncertainty and led to declining U.S. stocks and climbing Treasury yields.
Simultaneously, President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war, stipulating the restoration of energy shipments via the Strait of Hormuz, causing oil prices to drop. However, Trump's comments about potentially blaming Vice President JD Vance if the deal fails raised concerns about lasting peace.
The International Energy Agency predicts a major oil overhang next year due to increased supply. In technology, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis urged a U.S.-led coalition for AI rules at the G7 summit, while SpaceX CEO Elon Musk added Roelof Botha as the eighth board member.
Amazon's top artificial intelligence executive, Peter DeSantis, forecasts commercially useful quantum computers within five to seven years.
