Shradha Dinesh
speaker
351 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2d ago
Shradha Dinesh’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Hey listeners, it's Saturday, September 19th.
I'm Sharada Dinesh for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
Let's get to it.
Markets opened on shaky footing on Monday.
Damage to Saudi Arabia's crucial east-west pipeline stoked worries about oil shortages and inflation, sending oil prices and bond yields higher.
Meanwhile, stocks skidded after the leaders of three of the biggest AI companies called for the technology's development to be slowed down.
Then the Fed raised interest rates for the first time in three years.
Here's Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh right after the vote.
is that inflation is too high and has been for too long.
Stocks fell and Treasury yields rose back above 5%, ending the day there for the first time in 19 years.
By Friday's close, the 10-year Treasury yield is over 5% again, and the two-year yield ended the day at 4.74%, its highest level since July 2024.
Overall, the Nasdaq was up 0.7% this week, the S&P 500 edged lower by about 0.1%, and the Dow fell 1.7%.
Brent crude ended the week down 0.7% to around $104 a barrel.
Concerns about AI safety led to a rare consensus between the leaders of the world's biggest AI companies, who have been spending tens of billions of dollars to develop ever more powerful models.
The CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX called for a slowdown in AI's development before their advances create a menace that can't be controlled.
OpenAI's Sam Altman even suggested that his company may need to delay its much anticipated IPO to focus on safety.
Microsoft joined the chorus, saying it published a provisional code of conduct that it aims to apply when training new AI models.
President Trump rejected calls for new AI regulation,
calling it, quote, a hoax and a sick conspiracy that would leave the industry in financial ruin and hand China a competitive edge.
Shares in Microsoft ended the week 0.4% higher.
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