About this episode
The Fed hikes interest rates to their highest level in 22 years. Chairman Jerome Powell says he will remain open to a further hike or a pause in August. Investors now await the ECB’s rates decision which is expected to be another hike of 25bps as euro zone inflation remains stubbornly above 5 per cent. Airbus beats Q2 profit targets and confirms FY guidance. CEO Guillaume Faury tells CNBC that supply chain bottlenecks do still remain a ‘complex environment’. Social media giant Meta beats on the top and bottom line driven by a recovery in digital advertising. French bank BNP Paribas sees Q2 net income surge by 16 per cent. CFO Lars Machenil tells this channel that price pressures are slowly easing. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .