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It appears U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy may be closing in on a deal to avert a default. As Biden flies to Hiroshima to attend a G-7 summit, McCarthy tells our U.S. colleagues that the size of the debt issue can no longer be ignored. The optimism pushes the Dow by 400 points and regional banks also surge with Western Alliance reporting strong deposits for the quarter. I...

Tesla CEO tells our CNBC colleagues Stateside that this year will be challenging for the electric car maker. In a wide-ranging exclusive interview, Musk said that U.S.-China trade tensions should concern everyone. We also hear from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella who says Musk is wrong to claim that the software maker controls OpenAI. U.S. President shortens his Asian tour to return to help secure a d...

Asian stocks hold steady following disappointing retail and manufacturing data out of China. The U.S. moves closer to a default with no agreement between lawmakers. Budget talks will resume at the White House later today. Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Capital offloads its shares in 5 of the largest regional American banks following the recent turmoil. However 13- F filings show that two major hedge fund...

Turkish presidential elections look set to head to a run-off after as neither candidate garners enough support outright but President Erdogan believes he will win another 5-year mandate. In the U.S., the debt ceiling wrangling intensifies as congressional leaders attempt to arrange a deal. President Biden believes a default will be avoided this week. G-7 finance ministers meet in Japan and target...

A second presidential meeting on the debt ceiling is reportedly postponed until early next week, while reports suggest Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will sit down with Wall Street bankers in the coming days. Factory inflation continues to ease across the U.S. with producer prices rising at their slowest rate since January 2021, moderating for the tenth straight month. The Bank of England hikes r...

U.S. inflation eases to its lowest level in two years, giving a boost to the Federal Reserve's war against price pressures. The Yuan slides after Chinese inflation also weakens to a two-year low of just 0.1%, with factory deflation deepening. We have the latest from Threadneedle Street, as the Bank of England looks set to hike rates for a twelfth straight meeting. Disney shares fall almost five pe...

America’s debt ceiling standoff continues despite congressional leaders holding talks with President Joe Biden at the White House, as he makes a promise to international creditors. Senate and House chiefs pledge to meet again on Friday as Speaker Kevin McCarthy accuses the Biden administration of waiting too long to sit down with the GOP. New York Fed President John Williams doesn’t rule out furth...

UBS announces Credit Suisse will operate independently under a consolidated banking group, as a management shake-up sees CS CEO Ulrich Koerner join UBS' Executive Board, as well as a change in CFO. Chinese trade data paints a mixed picture for the world’s second largest economy, with imports contracting almost 8 percent, and export growth stalling. California’s financial regulator admits it f...

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett hits out at regulators, politicians and the media for confusing the public on the safety of U.S. banks, despite regional lenders staging a strong rebound on Friday. The Dow jumps more than 500 points as Apple shares surge, with a stronger-than-expected non-farm payrolls report also driving gains. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns there are “no good op...

Apple sales decline for the second straight quarter, but shares rise in extended trade as the iPhone maker beats on the top and bottom lines with CEO Tim Cook claiming results were "better than we expected". Wall Street trades in the red for a fourth consecutive session with the Dow turning negative for the year as contagion fears are reignited in the regional banking sector. HSBC bosses prep...

The U.S. Federal Reserve hints that it could be nearing the end of the hiking cycle following its tenth consecutive rate rise. However, turmoil remains in the U.S. regional banking system with L.A.-based lender PacWest seeing shares nosedive 52.5 per cent in extended trade. PacWest says it is eyeing strategic asset sales and that deposits have stabilised. On this side of the Atlantic, investors ar...

Italian lender Unicredit reports Q1 profit of €2.1bn as revenues grew by 56 per cent. French bank BNP Paribas beats expectations by posting a Q1 income of €2.8bn with CFO Lars Machenil telling CNBC that European banks are robust enough to handle the sector’s recent turmoil. In the U.S., several regional banks lead with losses after JPMorgan’s rescue of First Republic Bank fails to stem the sell-of...

JPMorgan picks up the remains of First Republic Bank after authorities seize control of the regional lender. It is the second-largest U.S. bank failure in history. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says his bank answered the government’s call and played down any suggestions of contagion in the sector. HSBC first quarter profits almost triple due to higher rates. The bank also announces its first quarterly...

Wall Street posts its biggest daily move since January as investors seem to shrug off mixed economic signals with Big Tech earnings leading the way. Amazon posts a Q1 earnings beat but warns of a slowing cloud business, pushing shares lower in extended trade. The BoJ keeps policy stable but has tweaked forward guidance and announces a broad review of monetary policy. In the U.S. beleaguered F...

In the U.S. First Republic Bank scrambles to secure a rescue deal as its share price plunges on collapse fears. Deutsche Bank posts its strongest quarterly profit for a decade. The lender reported pre-tax of earnings of €1.9bn and €12bn of inflows. In tech news, Meta shares are at a 14-month high following its first sales rise in three quarters. CEO Mark Zuckerberg insists investment in AI and the...

Wall Street is in the red across all three major indices which have suffered their deepest declines this month after First Republic Bank reports more than $100bn of deposit outflows for the first quarter. Standard Chartered beats forecasts with pre-tax profits surging 21 per cent in Q1 on high interest rates and rising trading income. Google parent Alphabet announces a $70bn share buyback and beat...

We are live in Zurich where UBS has posted a 52 per cent drop in net profit for the first quarter. The lender says it does, however, see strong inflows of net new money and highlights its stability ahead of the integration of Credit Suisse. Meanwhile, Santander tops estimates to post a €2.5bn net profit and says it is on track to meet 2023 targets. Deposits at First Republic Bank have fallen...

Credit Suisse posts an adjusted pre-tax loss of CHF1.3bn following net Q1 outflows of CHF60bn. The Dow snaps a 4-week winning streak following last week’s U.S. bank earnings with investors bracing themselves for results from the tech sector. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is reportedly set to list its logistics arm in Hong Kong. Several investment banks are interested in under-writing the IPO. A...

Tesla appears to hike U.S. prices for its Model S and X cars following yesterday’s share slump by almost 10 per cent as investors scrutinized falling margins. Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz posts a 15 per cent Q1 return on net sales. Preliminary results also show strong sales and robust pricing. Asian markets are in the red with bond yields coming in lower on the back of several poor U.S. corporate earn...

Tesla shares are down in extended trade after posting a 24 per cent fall in Q1 net profit. In a conference call, CEO Elon Musk says that following a series of price cuts, he accepts a loss in profits in exchange for growth in sales and market share. U.S. markets are steady following positive results from Morgan Stanley while regional lender Western Alliance shrugs off deposit concerns. This, as th...

There are mixed first quarter results for U.S. banks. Goldman Sachs posts a revenue miss while pulling away from its consumer business but BofA beats on higher rates despite CEO Brian Moynihan warning of a recession in the second half of the year. Streaming giant Netflix records a beat on EPS while missing out on revenue after delaying a clampdown on password sharing. Shares have clawed back groun...

Chinese GDP grows by 4.5 per cent in the first quarter – faster than expected – following the lifting of strict Covid restrictions back in December. Manufacturing and retail have also show strong signs of rebounding. In the U.S., financial groups Charles Schwab, State Street and M&T witness combined deposit outflows of almost $60bn as investors flee to seek out higher returns. Apple announces...

U.S. banking earnings see JP Morgan post record Q1 revenues while Citi and Wells Fargo also beat expectations. In France, President Macron signs his controversial pension reform bill into law after the country’s highest court backed the bill and rejected calls for a referendum. Paris saw further protests over the weekend as a result. ECB policymakers have said that the recent banking turmoil has p...

U.S. indices record their best performance so far this month as U.S. PPI data comes in softer than expected. IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva tells CNBC the Fed must persist in its fight to rein in inflation. We also hear from Austrian bank governor Robert Holzmann who says that recent financial instability may require a stronger rate hike response from the ECB. Paris sees further violen...

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel shrugs off the IMF’s recession warning for Germany, telling CNBC that his country’s economy has improved significantly, having ridden out last year’s energy crisis. Belgium’s central bank governor Pierre Wunsch praises the European banking sector, telling this channel that he estimates that the ECB’s terminal rate will end between 3.5 per cent and 4 per cent. Fed...