VONNIE: IT IS 5:00 A. M. IN NEW YORK CITY, 10:00 A.M. IN LONDON. GOOD MORNING.I AM VONNIE QUINN WITH YOUR "BLOOMBERG BRIEF." LET'S GET YOU SET UP FOR THE DAY. THE DOLLAR UNDER PRESSURE AS INVESTORS ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIGGER DEBT BUYBACKS AND THAT PLAN FOR FISCAL CONSOLIDATION. AI EXUBERANCE RIPPLING ACROSS MARKETS WITH SAMSUNG'S CHUNKY RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS AND BROADCOM'S LATEST DEBT DEAL.BRENT POISED FOR A WEEKLY SURGE AS MARKETS AWAIT SECRETARY BESSENT'S ADDRESS TWO MARKETS NEXT WEEK. LET'S START ...

ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITHIN A 24-HOUR PERIOD IS NOISE. OUR THINK ONCE THE MARKET UNDERSTANDS WE ARE FOCUSED ON FISCAL CONSOLIDATION AND TRYING TO BRING THE MARKET BACK INTO EQUILIBRIUM IN A THINLY TRADED MARKET. HASLINDA: TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT TELLING US TO TUNE OUT THE NOISE AROUND DAILY MARKET SWINGS, BUT INVESTORS ARE NOT LISTENING AS BOND MARKETS QUESTION AMERICA'S FISCAL PATH.WALMART EARNINGS RAISE DOUBT ABOUT THE EARNINGS OF THE U.S. CONSUMER. A BIGGER QUESTION IS EMERGING, WHAT IS SIGNAL ...