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On 11 June 2026 the European Central Bank raised its deposit rate by 25 bp to 2.25 %, its first hike in almost three years, explicitly citing the 100-day Gulf conflict’s oil-price spike as a threat to keep euro-area inflation above target into 2027.
On 11 June 2026 SpaceX fixed its IPO terms at $135 a share, aiming to raise $75 billion and list on Nasdaq tomorrow, a deal that would value the company near $1.8 trillion and reserve an unprecedented 20-30 % of stock for everyday investors.
On 12 June 2026 SpaceX set its Nasdaq debut at $135 a share, raising $75 billion and vaulting to a $1.77 trillion valuation—shattering Saudi Aramco’s 2019 IPO record while allocating an unusually large 20-30 % of shares to retail buyers.
After two decades as a private firm, SpaceX fixed its IPO terms at $135 for 555.6 million shares, opening public trading on 12 June with a $1.75 trillion valuation—by far the largest float in history.
In the final 48 hours before its 12 June debut, SpaceX priced 555.6 million shares at $135 yet received more than $250 billion in orders—while Morningstar slashed fair value to $63 and Senator Elizabeth Warren asked the SEC on 9 June to halt the listing.
The May 2026 U.S. CPI came in at 4.2% year-on-year—its highest since 2023—with more than 60% of the jump traced to war-driven energy costs, and Wall Street immediately sold off as President Trump vowed fresh strikes on Iran.
On 8-9 June 2026 the U.S. Defense Department republished its Section 1260H list—expanded to 188 entities—and, for the first time, officially labeled civilian giants Alibaba, BYD and Baidu as contributors to China’s military-industrial base.
On 8 June 2026, OpenAI revealed it had quietly filed a draft registration with the SEC, beginning the formal process toward a U.S. stock-market debut that could put a near-$1 trillion price tag on the ChatGPT creator.
Hours after CENTCOM downed Iranian drones and missiles on 7 June 2026, the US Treasury began formally studying ways to divert Tehran’s frozen overseas assets to pay for Gulf-war damage, a proposal Iran immediately branded “absurd.”
On 9 June 2026 the U.S. Defense Department broadened its Section 1260H roster, boosting it from roughly 130 to 188 Chinese entities and newly tagging civilian tech leaders such as Alibaba, Baidu, BYD and NIO as “Chinese military companies.”
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