Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo, said that while AI and the Fed may be issues more at the forefront of the economic conversation, risk from the Iran war and its subsequent impact on fuel stores remains an important factor in the background. Slok also commented the possibility that the Fed may have fewer meetings, saying that market will still try to price the Fed regardless of the schedule.
Holly Framsted, head of global product strategy and development at Capital Group, joins Scarlet Fu and Eric Balchunas on "Bloomberg ETF IQ." They discussed ETF and mutual funds flows as well as allocation shifts within model portfolios.
Clement Delangue, CEO of AI company Hugging Face, sat down with Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow to discuss OpenAI models' hack on Hugging Face last month and the future of AI regulation. Talking about the hack, Delangue, said that while companies want AI agents to think outside the box, they don't want AI to 'think outside the sandbox' and stay in the closed testing environment. Delangue also discussed government involvement in AI regulation and said that there is a risk that too much government intervention would result in a 'concentration of power' and said that is one of the biggest risks in the AI space.
Bloomberg's Isabelle Lee joins Scarlet Fu and Eric Balchunas on "Bloomberg ETF IQ." Corgi is on pace to launch roughly 500 ETFs within its first year, more than BlackRock accumulated over many years. It already ranks among the largest US issuers by product count and says its eventual goal is 1,000 funds spanning leveraged stocks, buffered strategies, semiconductors and narrowly targeted themes.
The ABS reported that 1 million workers, or 7.2%, changed employers in the year to February 2026.
Import prices increased by 5.7% in the June quarter, driven primarily by global supply disruptions.
Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that total dwelling approvals rose 7.2% to 18,328 in June, according to seasonally adjusted data.
Annual CPI inflation in Australia slowed to 3.8% in the 12 months to June 2026, down from 4.0% in the year to May, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
West Texas Intermediate prices dropped after the United States paused military action against Iran.
The Australian government has ended the temporary fuel excise discount, confirming wholesale fuel prices will increase by 16 cents per litre.
Data provider Cotality reported that national auction volumes in Australia fell 19.2% year-on-year to 1,273 listings.
Telecommunications provider Pentanet (ASX:5GG) reported unaudited group revenue of $24.4 million for the 2026 financial year.
Hammer Metals (ASX:HMX) received a binding acquisition proposal from Austral Resources (ASX:AR1) worth $80.7 million.
Bloomberg Space Reporter Loren Grush says investors will use SpaceX's first public earnings report to gauge progress on Starship, Starlink, AI infrastructure and the company's long-term growth strategy following its blockbuster IPO. She says Starship's latest test marks meaningful progress, but major technical hurdles remain before the rocket can support rapid reuse and ambitious missions to the Moon and Mars.
SKS Technologies (ASX:SKS) expects an unaudited before-tax profit of $39.3 million, up 15.6% from prior guidance.
Centrepoint Alliance (ASX:CAF) reported an unaudited normalised EBITDA of $12.3 million for the 2026 financial year.
Regis Healthcare (ASX:REG) entered into a binding agreement to acquire the home care business of Royal Freemasons Homes of Victoria
FleetPartners (ASX:FPR) received an unsolicited $3.60 per share offer from SG Fleet. The indicative proposal arrived after the market closed on July 31.
