Bloomberg's Tom Keene and Lisa Abramowicz discuss remarks from Fed Chair Jay Powell following the Federal Reserve's latest policy decision on a special edition of Bloomberg Surveillance. Federal Reserve officials delivered a third consecutive interest-rate reduction and maintained their outlook for just one cut in 2026. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 9-3 Wednesday to lower the benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter point to a range of 3.5%-3.75%. It also subtly altered the wording of its statement suggesting greater uncertainty about when it might cut rates again. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Chair Jerome Powell suggested the Fed had now done enough to bolster against the threat to employment while leaving rates high enough to continue weighing on price pressures: “This further normalization of our policy stance should help stabilize the labor market while allowing inflation to resume its downward trend toward 2% once the effects of tariffs have passed through,” he said.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Instant Reaction: The Fed Decides
Bloomberg's Tom Keene and Lisa Abramowicz break down the Federal Reserve's latest policy decision on a special edition of Bloomberg Surveillance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Zuckerberg Directs Pivot Away From Open Source AI At Meta
Watch Scarlet and Paul LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Kristine Aquino--Ed Ludlow, BTech Co-Anchor, discusses Meta Platforms’ Mark Zuckerberg getting personally involved in day-to-day work and pivoting the company's focus to an artificial intelligence model it can make money off of. He also talks about SpaceX moving ahead with plans for an IPO.- Matthew Bloxham, Bloomberg Intelligence Tech Analyst, discusses Bloomberg Intelligence’s survey on AI’s cross industry disruption. AI is no longer a side project, with C-suites across nine industries racing to wire it into their business cores and 36% making it their top priority, driven more by fear of disruption than promise of growth or head-count cuts, a Bloomberg Intelligence survey finds.-Diana Rosero Pena, Bloomberg Intelligence Consumer Staples Analyst, discusses Chewy earnings. Chewy Inc.’s third-quarter earnings exceeded Wall Street estimates, as its loyalty program and subscription service helped drive faster active customer growth. The results suggest that even budget-pressed shoppers are staying committed to their pets and gravitating toward Chewy’s services, which include the Autoship subscription program and telehealth. -Michael Halen, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Restaurant and Foodservice Analyst, recaps Cracker Barrel earnings. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. expects sales to fall faster than it previously forecast, showing the country-themed restaurant chain is still struggling following backlash to its failed logo change earlier this year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Trump Nvidia Deal Reshapes US’s China Strategy
Watch Scarlet and Paul LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu-Caroline Hyde, Bloomberg BTech Co-Anchor, discusses Donald Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell advanced chips to China. This marks more than just a shift in US tech policy. It also raises questions about how far he’ll go to steady ties with Xi Jinping.-Laura Martin, Senior Analyst at Needham & Company, discusses the latest at Warner Brothers Discovery. While Netflix and Paramount Skydance vie for President Donald Trump’s blessings in their competing bids for Warner Bros. Discovery, investors have an irony to consider.-Matthew Griffin, Bloomberg Stocks Reporter, discusses Home Depot offering cautious preliminary guidance for next year, expecting comparable sales growth to be in a range of flat to up 2% for the year.-Diana Rosero Pena, Bloomberg Intelligence Consumer Staples Analyst, discusses the latest with packaged foods. Campbell’s 1Q adjusted EPS and organic sales beat consensus estimates. While the reported number was positive thanks to some holiday inventory build by retailers, without this effect organic sales decline would have been worse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Paramount Makes $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros
Watch Scarlet and Paul LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu-Chris Palmeri, Bloomberg News Senior Editor and Entertainment Team Leader, discusses Paramount Skydance launching a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. at $30 a share in cash on Monday, just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix.-Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Litigation Analyst, discusses the regulatory hurdles for acquiring Warner Brothers Discovery. According to Bloomberg intelligence: Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. studio and streaming assets will likely undergo rigorous antitrust scrutiny in the US and elsewhere and it's at risk of antitrust challenges.-Stephen Flynn, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Credit Analyst, discusses debt commitments for Warner Brothers Discovery acquisition. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: Netflix net leverage could increase to more than 3x and the raters may put the company on negative outlook, if it were to reach an agreement to buy Warner Bros. studios and streaming operations for about $75 billion in a mostly cash deal.-Anurag Rana, Bloomberg Intelligence Technology Analyst, discusses IBM buying the data-streaming platform Confluent Inc. for about $9.3 billion, marking one of its largest takeovers yet and a major bet on the kind of enterprise software that artificial intelligence tools need to perform tasks in real time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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