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(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials will head into their policy meeting this week confronting a resurgence in price pressures that could make their decision on whether to hold or hike interest rates a close call — and a contentious one.Most Read from BloombergDeepSeek Said to Tell Backers of Funding Pause After Viral PostsSpaceX at $100 Would Imply Zero AI Value, Morgan Stanley SaysTrump Seethes as Iran War Spirals Anew With No End in SightUS, Iran Extend Pause in Strikes as Oman Holds Horm

This is a huge earnings week, with nearly a third of S&P 500 companies reporting. The Fed is expected to hold rates steady after its confab ends Wednesday, and we’ll see key inflation data on Thursday.

Investing.com -- The Federal Reserve is likely to leave interest rates unchanged at its July policy meeting despite rising oil prices, with Citi arguing that markets are overstating the chances of an immediate rate hike as recent inflation and labor market data point to easing price pressures.

Markets face the week's most consequential moment Wednesday at 2:00pm when the Federal Reserve announces its rate decision and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh holds his first post-decision press conference, setting policy direction.

There's real uncertainty around what the Fed will do at the July meeting. Here's why it's probably best to not try to pick a side.

Hyperscaler cash levels will be a key focus in the coming week as Apple, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft report.

Michael Burry is warning about a market collision: rising oil prices, an artificial intelligence debt binge and mounting pressure in long-duration Treasuries. "Watch the long bonds," Burry wrote on X Thursday. He cited AI’s "debt explosion," rising inflation volatility, a...

Earnings reports from four of the world’s largest tech companies, a decision on interest rates, and key economic data releases will be in focus this week.

Costco and Waste Management offer distinct inflation protection: Costco via its sticky, high-margin membership model, and Waste Management through contracts that pass rising costs to customers.

On July 17, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delivered a massive regulatory milestone for The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) by officially restoring the aerospace giant’s authority to issue airworthiness certificates for all newly produced 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The decision follows eight months of joint testing and rigorous safety audits where FAA inspectors observed […]

Investors step into the busiest week of the quarter with hyperscaler earnings, the June Fed meeting, and escalations in the Middle East all in focus.

The new head of the U.S. central bank continues to operate under the market's microscope.

Investing.com -- Bitcoin prices were closing in on $64,000 on Sunday lifted by pre-Fed positioning and a notable surge in options market activity as traders bet on a significant move targeting toward $72,000 by the end of July, following this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.

There's more to Trumpflation than just higher energy prices.

EU fines Alphabet's Google €890 million for antitrust violations under the Digital Markets Act. The penalty represents the first major enforcement action under the new EU digital rules. The US administration responds with threats of retaliatory tariffs, adding to US EU trade tensions. Google is required to adjust core business practices in Europe or face the risk of further sanctions. Alphabet, the parent of Google (NasdaqGS:GOOGL), sits at the center of global search, digital advertising...

Investing.com - Persistent oil price volatility caused by global shipping disruptions and geopolitical friction is threatening to entrench core inflation, creating a tough dilemma for major central banks, according to a report by Bank of America (BofA) Global Research. The Wall Street bank warned that standard monetary policy, which typically "looks through" short-term supply-side commodity shocks, may be inadequate after five years of above-target inflation. Downward-rigid prices in broader goo

Barclays senior autos analyst Dan Levy joins Market Domination to discuss General Motors (GM ) latest earnings, what the automaker's results reveal about the broader auto market, and how tariffs could affect vehicle sales and the industry's outlook.

The next key catalyst for this cannabis stock lies in the hands of a U.S. Federal Government agency.

The upcoming Federal Reserve meeting may or may not offer clues as to where interest rate policy is headed next.

Century Aluminum recently celebrated the expansion of its Mt. Holly aluminum smelter in South Carolina, an upgrade that lifts U.S. primary aluminum output by around 10% and increases the plant’s workforce to more than 600 employees. This expansion, closely tied to the federal Section 232 national security tariff on aluminum and backed by high-profile government participation, underscores how trade policy is actively reshaping domestic production capacity in the U.S. aluminum industry. Next,...

The market is currently pricing in an interest rate hike by the Fed later this year.

Stocks fell as investors weighed AI CapEx concerns, Oracle's credit downgrade, Netflix and Tesla earnings, and upcoming Fed and Magnificent 7 reports, plus stock picks across sectors.

Hims & Hers Health Inc. is in the spotlight Friday after an FDA advisory panel voted Thursday to recommend four key peptides be added to a federal list that would allow compounding pharmacies to legally produce them. FDA Panel Splits,...

In recent weeks, First Solar has faced multiple securities class action lawsuits alleging it misled investors about tariff impacts, operational challenges at international facilities, and the effects on production and bookings. These cases focus on whether management’s disclosures accurately reflected the risks around shifting manufacturing between Malaysia, Vietnam, and the US, an issue that could influence perceptions of the company’s policy-related advantages. We’ll now explore how...

Century Aluminum (CENX) is back in focus after U.S. officials joined company leadership in South Carolina to mark the expansion of its Mt. Holly smelter, a project tied to Section 232 aluminum tariffs. See our latest analysis for Century Aluminum. The Mt. Holly expansion headlines arrive as Century Aluminum’s share price sits at US$46.21, with a 7 day share price return of 11.35% but a 90 day share price return that is down 23.92%. The 1 year total shareholder return is 101.79%, signaling...

If you think the worst is over for inflation, you're about to be sorely mistaken.

C3.ai (AI) is back in focus after a federal court dismissed a securities class action lawsuit against the company, and recent results and stable earnings projections have also drawn fresh attention from investors. See our latest analysis for C3.ai. Despite the lawsuit dismissal and better than expected recent results, C3.ai’s share price return has fallen 12.6% over the past month and 40.7% year to date, while the 1 year total shareholder return is down 68.7%. This suggests that recent...

Google-parent Alphabet Inc. posted a blowout quarter on Wednesday, and buried in the numbers is a figure bigger than most countries’ entire economies. The YouTube owner’s second-quarter revenue rose 24% to $119.8 billion, up from $96.4 billion a year earlier,...

Jul. 24—OLYMPIA — The Paramount Skydance planned merger with Warner Bros. has been halted as a federal judge considers whether the deal violates antitrust laws and unfairly reduces market competition. A lawyer representing the company wrote in a court filing Friday that the deal would not move forward until June 1, 2027 unless a federal judge rules on a case brought by Washington and 11 other ...

Long-term Treasury bonds have delivered one of their worst stretches in modern history, with prices falling steadily since 2021 as inflation remained above the Federal Reserve’s target. Investors who owned 10-year and 30-year government debt watched the value of those holdings erode quarter ...