Geopolitical Risks Continue to Escalate; Lead Prices Remain Under Pressure, Fluctuate, and Pull Back [SMM Lead Morning Meeting Minutes]
[SMM Lead Morning Meeting Minutes: Geopolitical Risks Continue to Escalate, Lead Prices Under Pressure and Volatile Pull Back] The renewed US-Iran conflict has reignited “inflation concerns,” and the probability of the US Fed’s second interest rate cut this year has fallen to 50%. Overseas geopolitical tensions remain unchanged, supply-chain pressures are significant, and damage to the economic environment has weighed on base metals broadly, leading to widespread weakness...