Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh says the Fed's recent decision to raise interest rates is meant to show it is serious about restoring price stability and doing so on a timelier basis.
Bloomberg's Anthony Hughes joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Deals." Anthropic is preparing for its IPO and has picked Nasdaq as its listing venue. The Claude chatbot maker is seeking to raise as much as or more than SpaceX in an IPO that could take place as soon as October, Bloomberg has reported.
"The decision we made today was a sober decision, serious decision, responsible decision, one that we have been preparing for and thinking about in my hundred and ten or twenty days here," Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said after the FOMC raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point. He speaks in Washington.
"We removed a dose of accommodation," Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh says after policymakers raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point. He speaks in Washington.
Bloomberg's Mike Shepard said President Trump's opposition to AI guardrails is another instance of his anti-regulation position across all industries, as well as his closeness with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang who recently pushed back on fears about AI safety. Shepard said that President Trump is also looking to his meeting with China's President Xi and wants no obstacles around AI heading into that conversation.
Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida discusses why the Fed shifted from its July stance to a unanimous decision to raise interest rates and potentially start a hiking cycle rather than a one-off move. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance: The Fed Decides."
Stephen Moore, former senior economic adviser to President Donald Trump said that the AI industry is a 'huge factor' in the US economy given both the investment pouring into the space and the data center construction boom. Moore also discussed high oil and diesel prices, saying that as the price of energy rises so does 'everything else.' Despite high energy prices, Moore says he's bullish on the outlook for the US economy.
The Federal Reserve voted unanimously to raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point and penciled in an additional hike later this year, steps aimed at containing inflation that will test Chairman Kevin Warsh's relationship with President Donald Trump. The benchmark federal funds rate is now in a range of 3.75% to 4%. Bloomberg's Michael McKee reports.
Bain Capital Ventures has raised a $1.6 billion fund to back early-stage companies built for what it calls "life after AGI." Partner Slater Stich discusses where the firm sees opportunities across AI infrastructure, software, robotics and science, why knowledge work could be transformed first, and how BCV identifies founders capable of building the next generation of category-defining AI companies. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
AI startups are growing concerned that calls from Anthropic and OpenAI to "pace" frontier development could lead to a new regulatory framework shaped by the industry's biggest players. Bloomberg's Natasha Mascarenhas and Maggie Eastland discuss the reaction from founders and investors and early talks among OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind on common safety standards. Also being debated in Washington is if those efforts require government involvement or changes to antitrust rules. They join Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
Bob Michele, JPMorgan Asset Management's global head of fixed income, says the bond market has reached a point of "maximum pain" on "Bloomberg Surveillance: The Fed Decides."
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."
