- The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady but hinted at cuts soon. The Bank of England cut rates.
- The unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in July. Job openings shrank and wage growth has cooled, but consumer sentiment perked up in July.
- Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Pfizer topped earnings estimates. Chevron, Intel, and McDonald’s fell short of profit projections. Starbucks profit met expectations. Boeing posted a wider-than-expected loss and named a new chief executive.
- Tesla replaced Ford as Morgan Stanley’s top U.S. auto pick. And Tesla recalled almost 2 million vehicles. The United States delayed new tariffs on Chinese imports.
- Delta Air sought damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft. Microsoft confirmed that the outage was due to a cyberattack. The Justice Department is investigating Nvidia.
Despite prior commitments to electric vehicles (EVs), Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) seems to be reverting to traditional gasoline-powered trucks, which brings up a question about the feasibility of widespread EV adoption.
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