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Market Midday: Stocks Rally, Chip Stocks Rise, Starbucks Turnaround On · 7/30/26
CNBC Television· 2026-07-30 16:38
I'm Jessica Edinger, CNBC. The rally continues this afternoon on Wall Street after yesterday's stock selloff led by Microsoft shares and chip makers. The Dow popped back up.It had faded a bit with its rally, but it is back up 366 points. That's 7/10en of a percent. Microsoft shares now up almost 16% after strong quarterly results.The S&P 500 index up 90, that's 1 and a4%. The Nasdaq up 605 points, almost 2.5%. The Nasdaq's now in the green for the week.Chipmaker shares are mostly higher and boy are they soa ...
Hassett Confident in Fed's Warsh, Doesn't See Market Bubble
Bloomberg Television· 2026-07-30 14:02
Monetary Policy & Federal Reserve - Financial markets are experiencing a loss of confidence in Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Walsh, with long-term yields pushing to their highest levels in over 2 decades [1] - The 30-year Treasury yield closed at its highest level since 2007 at 5.20% [9] - Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Walsh is implementing a new economic reaction function aided by top academic brains like Karen Dinan from Harvard to evaluate supply versus demand shocks [7][8] - The Federal Reserve maintains its commitment to bringing inflation back down to the 2% target [26] Economic Indicators & Inflation - The latest Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) data showed a top-line decrease of negative growth with core inflation dropping significantly, following previous Consumer Price Index (CPI) trends [4] - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) final sales increased by almost 4%, specifically registering a 3.9% signal driven by consumption and investment booms despite offsetting capital import and oil inventory revaluation factors [11][12] - Energy and food price pressures are easing through deregulation and agricultural management, with egg prices reaching an all-time low due to successful avian flu handling [24][25] Market Trends & Technology Sector - Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector valuations are considered rational compared to the 1990s dot-com bubble because current AI companies are generating billions of dollars in real revenues and actual productivity growth [29][31] - Historical tech bubbles involved high valuations for firms without earnings, such as early pet-delivery companies, whereas modern AI providers charge customers billions for active services [29][30][31]