BOJ ups rate to 0.25%; U.S. stocks fall

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BOJ ups rate to 0.25%; U.S. stocks fall

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What you need to know today

Bank of JapanJapan’s central bank

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from the previous range of 0% to 0.1%, narrowing the rate differential with the U.S. Federal Reserve which had pressured the yen. The Bank of Japan also outlined plans to taper its bond buying program, and said it will continue to raise rates barring a change in economic conditions.

U.S. stocks fellThe

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and the

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on Tuesday as tech weighed on the two stock indexes and investors awaited quarterly earnings from megacaps

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,

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and

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later this week. The broad market index retreated 0.5%, while the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.28%. The

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, with less exposure to tech, gained 0.5%.

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pulled back 7% and

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fell 0.9% during the normal session before reporting earnings after the bell.

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yields slipped while

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climbed ahead of this week’s Fed meeting.

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U.S. oil prices fell amid concerns about China’s economy.

Cloudy for

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lost as much as 7% in

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as results from its cloud business disappointed the Street. Cloud revenue grew 29%, but fell short of consensus for the first time since 2022. Still,

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beat estimates as

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15% from a year ago to $64.73 billion and net income rose to $22.04 billion.

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told staff it will pay a

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of up to 25% of annual bonus to rank-and-file employees.

Starbucks miss

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‘ quarterly

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to $9.11 billion, missing forecasts as same-store sales declined for the second straight quarter. Net income fell to $1.05 billion from $1.14 billion a year ago, though it met analysts’ expectations. The coffee chain’s same-store sales dropped 2% in the U.S. and a steeper 14% in China, its second-largest market, where both customer traffic and average order value decreased amid intense local competition. Starbucks shares rose as much as 5% in extended trading.

****** shares upAsian shares were mostly higher Wednesday afternoon after the Bank of Japan raised its benchmark rate. The

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reversed losses to trade about 1.5% higher,

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while the

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and

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were both about 2% higher. China said

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at a slightly faster pace in July, though the reading beat the consensus estimate in a Reuters poll.

Samsung earnings soarSamsung Electronics on Wednesday reported

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for the second quarter, helped by robust demand for its advanced memory chips, which are essential for AI training. Revenue climbed 23.42% year-over-year to 74.07 trillion Korean won, or around $53.45 billion. Operating profit increased 15 times to 10.44 trillion Korean won. The South Korean tech giant said sales of high-end memory chips used in servers will continue to be strong.

[PRO] Reading the FedStock markets would react decisively to an interest rate cut if history is any guide, according to a

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ahead of Wednesday’s rate decision. While the Federal Reserve is expected to keep its benchmark rate steady, it could provide more hints about relaxing monetary policy as soon as September.

The bottom line

Starbucks’ plummeting same-store sales in China are just the latest symptom of weakness in the world’s second-largest economy.

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, which also reported quarterly results on Tuesday, said

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as market conditions remain subdued.

The challenges facing Western companies in China extend beyond sluggish consumer spending. The

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like Temu and Shein poses a serious threat to retailers such as

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as they gain traction in the U.S. market.

Nvidia’s dominance in the high-end chips used to train and deploy AI systems may be weakening, judging by Advanced Micro Device’s latest results and news that Apple had trained its AI models on

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-designed chips.

AMD

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, and said sales in its data center segment, which includes AI chips, soared 115% on year to $2.8 billion during the quarter.

“We now expect data center GPU revenue to exceed $4.5 billion in 2024, up from the $4 billion we guided in April,” CEO Lisa Su said on a call with analysts.

Apple said on Monday that the

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, a sign that Big Tech companies are looking for alternatives to Nvidia.

— CNBC’s Annie Palmer, Amelia Lucas and Kif Leswing contributed to this report.

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