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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid said officials should make it clear they're willing to do what is needed to achieve price stability. "We must continue to signal our commitment to price stability and our willingness to take the actions necessary to achieve our mandate," Schmid said Friday at a conference in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says his country spends a larger share of its GDP on the military than major European nations. He speaks with Haslinda Amin from the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue.

Seema Shah, Chief Global Strategist at Principal Asset Management, discusses the outlook for bond yields, equities pricing and Federal Reserve Policy. "It's gonna be important to watch how the bond yield market progresses," Shah says on Bloomberg Television. "From our perspective, though, we don't expect to see markets repricing Fed cuts."

SpaceX is currently targeting a valuation of at least $1.8 trillion in its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg News reported in April that SpaceX was aiming for a valuation above $2 trillion. The target is settling lower after consultations with advisers and investors, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn't public. Matthew Bloxham of Bloomberg Intelligence has more.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said it was too early to determine the cause of the explosion and described it as "a very rough day" in a post on X. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matt Bloxham joined Caroline Hepker to discuss the implications.

Joumanna Bercetche, Tom Mackenzie and Paul Dobson break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."

Control Risks Partner Angela Mancini believes the outlook for a sustainable peace that meets the priorities of the primary threat actors in the Iran war remains very poor. She speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Insight with Haslinda Amin."

Apollo and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a roughly $36 billion debt financing deal to help Anthropic build out its AI infrastructure. The debt will be used to purchase Google's custom chips known as tensor processing units, or TPUs, which Anthropic will then lease, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.

Rosanna Law, Hong Kong's Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, says the city is on track to reach its 53.8 million visitor arrivals target for 2026 and is currently running slightly ahead. She speaks with Yvonne Man and David Ingles on Bloomberg: The China Show

Equity benchmarks across Asia and the US saw new highs this week, driven by optimism around the resonant AI trade despite growing concerns of potential disruptions to the labor market. The Opening Trade spoke with industry experts and leading market voices on how companies and regions are preparing for a latent transformation to jobs.