Central Banks Eye Hikes, Apple’s Very Juicy Results, Spain’s Child Poverty Pain
5/1/202618 min
Your morning briefing. All the news you need to start your day.
On today's podcast:
(1) Oil held its second weekly gain as US President Donald Trump said he was sticking with a naval blockade of Iranian ports, elevating concerns the vital Strait of Hormuz would not reopen anytime soon.
(2) As oil prices briefly came within reach of $130 a barrel, the mood music among central bankers in Frankfurt and London shifted in a more hawkish direction on Thursday.
(3) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to use the “full power of the state” to crack down on antisemitism, after a stabbing in north London raised fresh questions about the government’s attention to threats against Britain’s Jewish community.
(4) Apple Inc. delivered a surprisingly strong revenue forecast for the third quarter, even as it warned that memory-chip costs will increase and that shortages of Mac computers will persist for “several months.”
(5) Elon Musk’s first compensation figure after Tesla Inc. shareholders approved his moonshot pay package is in, and it’s a doozy: $158 billion.
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