Bloomberg Talks

Bloomberg's Tom Keene, Jon Ferro and Lisa Abramowicz break down the Federal Reserve's latest policy decision on a special edition of Bloomberg Surveillance. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged, but a fractured vote signaled growing conviction among some policymakers that higher rates are needed to curb resurgent inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 9-3 to hold the benchmark federal funds rate in a range of 3.5% to 3.75%. Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan, Cleveland’s Beth Hammack and Minneapolis Fed chief Neel Kashkari dissented in favor of raising rates by a quarter percentage point. The committee’s post-meeting statement was otherwise identical to the one issued following their June meeting. Officials repeated their pledge to “deliver price stability.”
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that a new $100 billion data center campus built by NextEra energy and Brookfield will be powered by a nuclear and gas supply built on federal lands and will provide its own water. Wright also discussed the state of energy prices as the Iran war heats back up, and said it's not possible to forecast where gas prices will be by Labor Day.

Wright spoke with Bloomberg Balance of Power hosts Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz.
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The CEO of L’Oréal, the world’s largest cosmetics company, says the performance in the Middle East was below expectations but somewhat compensated by a rebound of growth in China. Nicolas Hieronimus spoke exclusively with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua from Paris.
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SoFi Technologies announced record second-quarter revenue of $1.2 billion, driven by 40% revenue growth and strong profitability metrics including a 30% EBITDA margin and robust net income margin. The company also raised its full-year revenue guidance, reflecting confidence in continued member growth, product adoption, and cross-selling success. However, SoFi maintained its earnings guidance unchanged, citing the need to continue investing in growth and uncertainty from anticipated interest rate increases.
SoFi CEO Anthony Noto emphasized the company’s long-term profitability outlook while explaining the cautious approach to near-term earnings. He spoke with Bloomberg Tech host Ed Ludlow.
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Morgan Stanley Chief US Equity Strategist Mike Wilson says investors are rotating out of some of the year's biggest winning technology trades. He says hyperscalers will stabilize and semiconductors stocks will correct. He speaks with Bloomberg's Nathan Hager.
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