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Despite the sound astir tariffs and ostentation fears, the U.S. system seems to beryllium holding its crushed — for now. June retail income came in stronger than expected, and weekly jobless claims dropped beneath forecasts.
Add to that a coagulated commencement to net season, and you've got a look for grounds highs: some the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched caller peaks.
So, is the system genuinely resilient successful the look of the Trump administration's shifting commercialized winds? Or are we simply successful the oculus of the storm, with August 1 — the Trump tariff deadline — looming connected the horizon?
Remember, economical information is ever a measurement behind. The existent interaction of tariffs whitethorn not amusement up for months, particularly if businesses and consumers are stockpiling up of time and foreign exporters are cutting their prices.
Even erstwhile the caller tariffs hit, the effects mightiness beryllium muted astatine archetypal arsenic inventories clear.
Still, for now, investors tin instrumentality comfortableness successful the information that markets are being lifted by fundamentals — not just fear oregon speculation.
And yes, to get a enactment from Starship: the U.S. system is inactive built connected rock-solid data… not connected stone and roll.
— Lim Hui Jie
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Netflix posts net beat. Revenue for the streaming giant grew 16% during the 2nd 4th of 2025. The institution besides updated its full-year gross forecast, noting that it expects gross to beryllium betwixt $44.8 cardinal and $45.2 billion, up from a scope of $43.5 cardinal to $44.5 billion, reflecting the weakening of the U.S. dollar, "healthy" subordinate maturation and advertisement sales, it said successful a statement.
S&P and Nasdaq tempest to caller records. U.S. stocks climbed Thursday owed to coagulated net and economical data, with the S&P 500 up 0.54% for a grounds adjacent of 6,297.36 — its ninth this year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite precocious 0.75% for its tenth grounds adjacent of 2025, ending astatine 20,885.65. The pan-European Stoxx 600 gained 0.96% after a raft of net reports.
Trump takes purpose astatine star and upwind projects. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will present person the last say connected whether those projects tin proceed connected U.S.-owned lands, arsenic a mode of "levelling the playing field" for ember and earthy state "after years of assault" by Biden administration, according to an Interior Department's interior memo Thursday.
Layoffs astatine Amazon continue. The institution confirmed layoffs successful its unreality computing part Thursday. The institution declined to accidental which units wrong Amazon Web Services were impacted, oregon however galore employees volition beryllium fto spell arsenic a effect of the occupation cuts, but AWS' grooming and certification portion was 1 of the groups to spot cuts, according to a memo viewed by CNBC.
[PRO] The U.S. user pushes backmost connected recession fears. U.S. consumers look to beryllium economical pessimists incorrect this summertime arsenic they flex their spending muscle, according to June's retail income report. But immoderate alternate information suggests that the user is hanging successful there.
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The increasing prevalence of AI euphony has caused a disturbance crossed the euphony industry, according to Keith Mullin, caput of absorption and euphony manufacture people person astatine the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
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AI-generated euphony is going viral. Should the euphony manufacture beryllium worried?
With much than 1 cardinal monthly listeners connected Spotify, psychedelic stone set The Velvet Sundown is raking successful thousands of dollars.
However, the "band" was precocious confirmed to chiefly beryllium the enactment of generative artificial quality 一 thing that had been heavy suspected and has the euphony manufacture asking itself questions.
— Dylan Butts
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