Cooling Job Market Opens Door to September Cut Despite Inflation Jitters
A key question for the Fed will be whether the economy is weakening or whether the recent slowdown in job growth reflects temporary factors Aug. 1, 2025 11:07 am ET By Nick Timiraos The July jobs report could give Federal Reserve officials a sense of déjà vu. Last year, officials decided against cutting interest rates at […]
Investors look for signs European earnings can defy tariff turmoil
Reuters – by Samuel Indyk and Lucy Raitano July 9, 202511:03 PM PDT Summary: STOXX 600 earnings forecast to fall 0.2% Tariff impact starting to be felt, focus on guidance Euro strength a possible headwind LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) – European investors are bracing for a pivotal second-quarter earnings season, which could offer the first meaningful insight […]
EU Rushes to Conclude Framework Trade Deal With US This Week
By Alberto Nardelli and Jorge Valero 07/07/2025 18:24:02 [BN] Summary by Bloomberg AI The European Union is seeking to conclude a preliminary trade deal with the US that would allow it to lock in a 10% tariff rate beyond an Aug. 1 deadline as they negotiate a permanent agreement. The EU is seeking an exemption from the 10% rate […]
US Reaches Vietnam Trade Deal With 20% Import Tariff, Trump Says
By Francesca Stevens, Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen, and Jennifer A. Dlouhy 07/02/2025 09:32:19 [BN] Summary by Bloomberg AI President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam, which includes a 20% tariff on Vietnamese exports to the US and a 40% levy on goods deemed to be transshipped through the country. In return, Vietnam agreed to […]
AI sceptic Emily Bender: ‘The emperor has no clothes’
By George Hammond June 20th 2025 Before Emily Bender and I have looked at a menu, she has dismissed artificial intelligence chatbots as “plagiarism machines” and “synthetic text extruders”. Soon after the food arrives, the professor of linguistics adds that the vaunted large language models (LLMs) that underpin them are “born shitty”. Since OpenAI launched […]
Big Tech Is Back in S&P 500 Driver’s Seat as Profit Engines Hum
Summary by Bloomberg AI ▪ The same technology giants that contributed to the S&P 500’s decline in April are now driving the recovery in US equities. ▪ Big Tech results have shown demand for cloud-computing services, software, electronic devices, and digital advertising remains intact despite trade tensions. ▪ The Magnificent Seven stocks (Nvidia, Microsoft, Tesla, […]
What Americans Need to Know About the US Deficit and Impact
The Penn Wharton Budget Model excellent article outlining what Americans Face to address and solve the US Deficit Crisis- Why the US Government must act now. Click Link Below: What Americans Need to Know about the US Debt and its Consequences
Earnings growth can help stave off stock market valuation concerns in 2025, ETF firms say
Jesse Pound CNBC December 17th, 2024 Market strategists at major ETF firms are optimistic about the stock market rally continuing in 2025, expecting large tech stocks to keep generating solid earnings and stave off valuation concerns in the near term. “We anticipate that US Large Cap equity can maintain its structural advantage over developed markets […]
Treasury Market Expecting Fed Cuts Muting Reaction
Ira F. Jersey and Will Hoffman Bloomberg Intelligence September 20, 2024 The Federal Reserve’s downward shift in the dot-plot from the summary of economic projections has been fully priced by the market, but we think this outcome is less likely than an early end to cuts, or deeper cuts than are priced. The 2-year/10-year yield […]
How Apple could double its revenue growth, according to top analyst Laura Martin
Alex Harring CNBC July 10, 2024 Needham sees Apple doubling its revenue growth by building out an advertising business. Analyst Laura Martin said the big technology company’s single-digit revenue growth rate feels “increasingly at risk” over a three-year time horizon. Instead, she said the personal technology giant should follow fellow megacap tech titan Amazon’s lead in […]