Markets Look Ahead to Fed Decision and Jobs

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Bloomberg Surveillance hosted by Tom Keene & Paul SweeneyJuly 29th, 2025
Featuring:
1) Nisha Patel, Portfolio Manager at Parametric on the big week with the Fed, earnings, and economic data. No one expects the Fed to cut rates, but any shift in guidance or comments from Powell will be key takeaways.
2) Neil Dutta, Head of Economics Renaissance Macro Research, on how Trump won on his terms and the Europeans lost on theirs. Perhaps now that this deal is done (Europe has a slightly higher tariff rate than the UK but same as Japan) they can all pivot to China as a group. China is the surplus country that needs to rebalance. As an aside, the Europeans totally did the Canadians dirty. So much for them getting closer together. No upside for the Canadians to go that route anymore.
3) Peter Tchir, Head: Macro Strategy at Academy Securities, on a fresh look at the jobs JOLTS (I focus the QUIT rate as it is almost a “crowd sourced” measure of sentiment in the labor force. We get ADP, which has been weak, but the market has chosen to ignore. Finally we get the NFP data, where the headline has surpassed expectations the past 3 months, while the underlying details haven’t fully supported that.
4) Kristy Akullian, Head of iShares Investment Strategy, Americas at BlackRock looks to payrolls on Friday as a key indicator of economic health. Consensus surveys point to +109k jobs added in July vs +147k in June. Labor market data has largely surprised to the upside this summer, with the strong beat in June, and now 6 straight weekly drops in initial claims.

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