[Music] Welcome to Market Catalyst. I'm Julie Hyman. We are 30 minutes into the US trading day.Let's get to the three market catalyst we're watching this hour. First up, full coverage on the Fed as the central bank kicks off its rate cutting cycle. Plus, Nvidia and Intel striking a deal.We'll break down what it means for both chip companies. And we get a read on the state of the consumer as Olive Garden parent reports earnings. We'll break down those numbers.Plus, let's get a check of the markets right now. ...

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Madison Investments, an investment advisor, released its “Madison Small Cap Fund” second-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The second quarter started as a continuation of the first quarter. As the liberation day tariffs were catastrophic, sending both equities and treasuries steeply lower. Later, the administration set a pause in the tariff implementation, which led equities to rebound, supported by better-than-expected macroeconomic data, particularly regarding infl ...

I assume you're happy with the move today. Maybe you wanted something bigger You can tell us. Was President Trump right, though.Jay Powell too late. Well, listen, I really support the action that the Federal Reserve took today. And I think, you know, as Jay Powell said today, they are balancing to risk their balancing the risks of inflation on the one hand and the risks of declining employment on the other hand.So I don't second guess the decision that the Fed made today. I think that the problem that we al ...

美联储利率政策 - 美联储因就业市场疲弱而决定降息 尽管通胀指标显示不利方向[1] - 美联储主席曾表示若非特朗普关税政策造成的经济混乱 早在2月就已实施降息[1] - 过去7个月家庭支付更高信用卡 汽车贷款和发薪日贷款成本[1] 经济指标表现 - 当前通胀率2.9% 仍高于美联储目标水平 但已从拜登任期内9%的高位下降[1] - 失业率维持在4.3% 实际工资实现正增长[1] - 道琼斯 标普500和纳斯达克指数均创历史新高[1] 消费者债务与信贷状况 - 消费者债务负担在过去六年增长4万亿美元[1] - 越来越多家庭需靠借款维持月末支出[1] - 汽车贷款违约率上升 更多借款人车辆被收回[1] 贸易与投资影响 - 特朗普声称通过关税征收数十亿美元资金 这将持续推高价格[1] - 签署重大贸易协议并吸引数百亿美元外国投资[1] 行业成本变化 - 食品杂货成本上涨[2] - 公用事业成本上涨[2] - 房地产成本上涨[2] - 医疗保健成本上涨 共和党政策使1500万美国人失去医疗保障[3] 税收政策影响 - 共和党通过削减医疗保健为亿万富翁提供税收减免[4] - 亿万富翁通过财富抵押借款和递增基础避税 实际税率与公立学校教师相同[1]

Our headline message is that the economy has proved resilient over recent months in light of uh external uncertainty and headwinds and looking forward we do expect steady growth in the economy albeit uh as you mentioned lower than it would have been in the absence of tariffs. So three mean three main uh developments since our previous forecast about 3 months ago. First uh we've had the uh agreement the framework agreement between the United States and the EU on trade.So we've incorporated the 15% tariff rig ...

The Fed did cut rates by 25 basis points as widely expected and suggesting two more cuts would come by the end of the year. That was kind of the the median consensus call among the committee. Joining us now, Jeremy Seagull, chief economist at Wisdom Tree and Professor Emeritus of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.Uh Jeremy, it's good to have you this morning. I I guess we can uh you know, if you if you want to just follow the market's verdict, you often don't get a clean ...

汽车行业价格策略 - 自4月特朗普关税生效以来 汽车制造商已吸收数十亿美元新增成本 避免消费者面临价格冲击 [1] - 美国新车平均建议零售价(MSRP)在3月中旬至8月中旬涨幅不足1% 秋季新款车型推出时仅实施小幅提价 [2] - 8月份汽车品牌平均标价上涨3.3% 虽高于去年增幅 但符合历史平均水平 [2] 关税成本影响 - 通用汽车面临50亿美元关税相关总成本 福特遭受30亿美元总冲击 [3] - 现代汽车北美公司二季度因关税成本导致利润减少约6亿美元 [5] - 按年化计算 6月份每辆车关税相关成本增加近2300美元 [6] 市场竞争与消费者承受力 - 汽车制造商优先保持价格竞争力 避免客户流失至竞争对手 [5] - 疫情后新车和二手车价格连续多年上涨 平均交易价格自2019年以来上涨30%至49077美元 消费者难以承受大幅涨价 [4] - 分析师预测汽车制造商将从下半年开始提价以保护利润 尽管这将抑制需求并导致整体销量下降 [6] 企业应对策略 - 汽车公司在将成本转嫁消费者前可通过内部吸收 要求供应商或经销商分担部分成本等方式应对 [3] - 行业高管对转嫁关税成本持谨慎态度 反映市场现实需求状况 [4]

关税对盈利能力的影响 - 59%的财务主管报告新关税和变化关税对盈利能力产生至少中等影响[2] - 金融服务、消费品包装和零售行业的财务主管报告最高水平的盈利能力影响[4] - 美国公司中70%报告盈利能力受到至少中等影响 显著高于欧洲和亚太地区[4] 财务预测与规划挑战 - 64%的财务主管认为关税变化对及时可靠预测能力产生至少中等影响[2] - 39%的财务主管指出财务规划与分析是因关税最需要关注的财务活动[2] - 美国公司中76%报告预测受到至少中等影响 远超欧洲60%和亚太46%[3] 行业与地区差异 - 制造业和分销组织受关税影响最为显著[3] - 美国公司受关税影响程度高于其他地区 76%美国公司报告预测受影响[3] - 亚太地区受影响程度相对较低 仅46%报告至少中等影响[3] 供应链调整策略 - 60%公司通过加强供应商沟通应对关税引发的供应链问题[4] - 52%公司加强第三方风险管理监督[4] - 39%公司正在本地采购材料和产品 35%公司使供应链区域多元化[5] 企业战略响应 - 51%公司未对业务流程外包或离岸策略做出任何改变[5] - 财务部门需要与运营部门合作进行定价变化的敏感性分析[7] - 关税问题需要财务、运营伙伴、供应链、法律、税务和营销团队的跨职能协作[6]