Faisal islam the latest geopolitical tensions and how it could drive up prices for all, especially poor countries. Weve got ourforecast down from 1. 7 in april, down to 0. 8 . We have already said risks were the downside when we made this forecast was down by almost one percentage point. There are number of factors, the continuing crisis in the world that we see and now of course we have the crisis in The Middle East. We have the slowdown in growth in china, we also have high Interest Rates that have continued. We see weak demand across the board in most sectors and most geographies. Thats why we cut the forecast. How much of this is actual policy . Were hearing from the west this idea of nearshoring, or income of Rebuilding Supply Chain away from east asia. How much of this is here to stay and how much of a problem is that . We saw there is more to it ongoing now within politically similar blocks number between locks that are dissimilar. That is some indication. We look at certain sec
Part of ceos, certainly what we heard from starbucks last night that the consumer is becoming more cost conscious. The effect of higher rates, the effect of inflation is real. Its impacting lower income lower income consumers, and i dont think without question you could avoid that ultimately what does that mean i know some people have suggested, well, maybe the Federal Reserve puts on the table a possible one more ratea and ultimately what they deliver to markets i dont think is going to be too disruptive and send the market into a deeper decline. Sounds like what are you saying, the bullish story is over the Firm Landings here . I think the firm landing actually benefits. I think the firm landing benefits the premise that accommodative Monetary Policy is closer than we think i actually think you get the rate cut at some point in 2023 will we get it for the wrong reasons . I take what he said the other way. I get that hes saying thats not going to drive the market lower, the fed to. An
Rattled wall street with disappointing forecasts, making it clear that the billions its spending on Artificial Intelligence could take years to pay off. Well, in the last few hours weve had news from two more tech giants that has certainly calmed those nerves. Microsoft, now the worlds most valuable company, and alphabet, which owns google, have both seen their profits jump thanks to demand for al. Lets show you the details. In the three months to the end of march, microsoft made almost 22 billion. Thats up 20 on this time last year and alphabet made more than 23 billion over the same period. Thats a jump of 57 on last year. Erin delmore has more from new york. Among the dozens of Companies Reporting First Quarter earnings on thursday, alphabet and microsoft took centre stage. Both Beat Expectations on earnings and revenue, thanks in no small part to investments in Artificial Intelligence. One Stand Out Spot for alphabet was google cloud revenue, whichjumped 28 in 01. A lot of Generati
We got this weak Gross Domestic Product number, just 1. 6 growth anemic and a surging inflation number connected to the gdp up 3. 7 . Bad combo. Which is why the dow tumbled 375 points s p lost. 46 . Nasdaq dropped. 64 . Ive got to tell you it was much uglier at one point today. The dow was down almost double where it went out. As we heard all day about the Slower Growth and higher inflation and that meant the dreaded term stagflation and that environment is toxic for stocks the house of pain on top of that one of the markets greatest leaders Meta Platforms got crushed today. I mean, just annihilated not because of its earnings which were stellar but because it committed a huge amount of spending most of it directed toward generative Artificial Intelligence whats bad for the meta goose, though, is good for the nvidia and broadcom gander, which is up 29 points and 37 points respectively as theyre going to get a huge chunk of Capital Expenditure budget i still believe in meta, more on th
large chipmakers, including intel and amd. with the ai chip race heating up, companies are racing to catch up with nvidia, which is the leading manufacturer of the advanced technology. that s according to industry expert bob o donnell. this is the most exciting computex show in a very long time. it s the first time i ve been back in almost 15 years, because i feel it s such a big deal. and forjensen, he s the rock star he s literally on a stadium tour, all his last speeches have been in stadiums like a rock star. there was a lot of excitement there, and he s got the big vision story to tell, because he is indeed the figurehead leading the industry at this point. and his idea is, look, companies are now starting to leverage ai across all kinds of applications, and there s enormous opportunities. now he acknowledges because his favourite line is, the more you buy, the more you save he says it s ceo maths, so it s correct, but it s not accurate. that s the gist of the