Stocks Waver, Amazon Blowout, Fed Dissenters, More
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Karen Moscow, and stocks are higher after they erased earlier gains. Stocks are getting a lift by a surge in shares of Amazon.com. The company's stellar results have lifted a broad sweep of companies. However, Apple is plunging. Those shares are down 9%, the most intraday since April 2025, and that's pressuring indexes. Component shortages weighed on the tech mega cap sales forecast, signaling that industry wide supply constraints are taking a bigger toll than anticipated. The Dow Jones industrial average is up a tenth of a percent. So is the S&P 500. The Nasdaq up three tenths of a percent. Amazon shares are higher at more than 15 percent. Revenue at Amazon Web Services, which generates most of Amazon's operating profit, jumped 37 percent, the fastest growth since 2021.
Consumer sentiment rose to a five-month high in July. The University of Michigan's final July sentiment index increased to 55.2, with improvements in sentiment seen across income, age, education, and political parties. Directors of surveys Joanne Xu says sentiment is better now that we're past the initial shock of the Iran war and somewhat lower gas prices. She says there's still frustration, though.
They remain just really frustrated by the persistence of high prices. And yeah, we are really treading water at this point. Not as bad as a few months ago, but still not doing great either.
And that's University of Michigan Director of Surveys Joanne Hsu. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lori Logan says she dissented from the Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady because she doesn't see inflation returning to the Fed's 2% target without action from the central bank. We get more with Bloomberg's Michael McKee.
She doesn't talk about incrementalism, but she does talk about modest action on rates, saying inflation will not reach the 2% target without further tightening. Labor, consumption and financial market conditions indicate that monetary policy is not restraining the economy. Without any policy restraint, inflation will likely to continue to trend above target until there's an unanticipated shock. The FOMC cannot count on unanticipated shocks to achieve its goals and could always adjust policy if unanticipated shocks occur. Modest action in the near term would reduce the likelihood of needing to take sharper action later.
And that's Bloomberg's Michael McKee. Now, Logan's statement echoed those of Neel Kashkari and Beth Hammack, who earlier today cautioned that delaying action against inflation could require officials to make more aggressive policy changes later on. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium is set to make a decision later today on whether to indefinitely halt oil operations.
Why are stocks wavering despite a big Amazon rally?
It's a step that would choke off Kazakhstan's main means of supplying crude to the global market. Oil futures rose after the development, which risked curbing a crucial source of supply especially to Europe at a time when the Iran war is already cutting crude exports from the Middle East. President Trump, meanwhile, is facing a conundrum when it comes to the Middle East, whether to escalate the conflict or focus on restocking the U.S. military's depleted munitions. That choice came into focus this week as the U.S. hit dozens of targets tied to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The White House is not saying whether this points to a return to full-scale war. And we get more with Bloomberg's David Gurra, co-host of Bloomberg This Weekend.
The president is trying to find a path back to the negotiating table.
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5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:14
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Why are stocks wavering despite a big Amazon rally?
3:14–4:08
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What caused Apple's intraday plunge and how is it pressuring indexes?
4:08–5:47
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How did Amazon's earnings and AWS growth drive markets today?
5:47–7:05
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How has consumer sentiment changed and what did the University of Michigan report find?
7:05–7:31
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