US stocks rallied alongside Treasuries as falling oil prices lent support to optimism that inflation can be kept under control a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and signaled more tightening to come. Savita Subramanian, Head: US Equity & Quantitative Strategy at Bank of America, discusses raising her already low S&P 500 year end target.
Applications for US unemployment benefits decreased by 10,000 to 196,000 in the week ended Sep. 12, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. Claims fell last week to the lowest level since July, adding to signals of labor market stability. Michael McKee reports on Bloomberg Television.
Senators from both parties blocked a landmark digital asset market structure bill in a procedural vote, sending crypto stocks tumbling. The bill would have handed the CFTC the primary authority to regulate the digital assets industry, but failed to advance with a vote of 49-50. Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger says she is still optimistic that crypto will eventually get the regulatory framework it needs. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
Edward Yardeni, president at Yardeni Research, points to geopolitical developments and higher-for-longer oil prices, among other factors, that led him to lower his year-end target for the S&P 500. He says his previous target of 8,400 is more likely to be reached by the middle of next year.
"It doesn't feel like a really robust market environment," says Savita Subramanian, head of US equity and quantitative strategy at BofA Securities. She explains why she expects a pullback in equity markets, despite raising her year-end target for the S&P 500 to 7,400.
Sonal Desai, fixed income CIO at Franklin Templeton, discusses what Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh accomplished as the central bank raised interest rates for the first time in three years. "What I saw was just somebody who seems to be trying to bring us back to what I would consider a good, normal space," she tells "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Jane Foley, Rabobank Head of FX Strategy, joins Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg Brief" to discuss her reaction to the Federal Reserve raising interest rates and states Chair Warsh "had to win his credibility."
President Donald Trump criticized what he said was a "hostile" Federal Reserve board after the central bank unanimously defied his calls to lower borrowing costs, but said he still had confidence in Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh. Tyler Kendall reports on Bloomberg Television.
Julian Emanuel, chief equity and quantitative strategist at Evercore ISI, discusses the market implications of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates for the first time in three years. He explains why investors should "rebalance a little bit" from stocks into fixed income.
Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses European lawmakers in Strasbourg, France, calling for a closer alliance between Canada and the European Union. "Yesterday President Von der Leyen spoke of moving beyond CETA [Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement] to an alliance for the future, opening the door to Canada becoming the European Union's first associate member," Carney said during his speech. "Canada welcomes this ambition."
ECB Governing Council member Gabriel Makhlouf discusses the outlook for inflation, the economy and interest rates. "At a time of uncertainty, every meeting is a live meeting for the European Central Bank," the Irish central-bank chief told Bloomberg Television when asked whether there is a chance of an interest-rate hike in October if circumstances require it.
King Charles III plans to ask some of the most critical figures in artificial intelligence for reassurances the technologists can keep their inventions under control. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI's CFO Sarah Friar and Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis will attend the event in Scotland. Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie reports.
