Massive tech earnings, a hawkish rate cut by the Fed, and a trade truce between the US and China

Markets rally on soft US inflation, new PM in Japan, China-US trade talks, and quantum breakthroughs

Trade tensions ease while US banks and LVMH kick off earnings season with beats across the board

Markets crash on new US-China tensions, Japan gets a new LDP leader, and French PM Lecornu resigns after four weeks on the job

The US government shuts down, Nike beats on earnings, and EA goes private, while Elon and OpenAI flip $500b

US inflation comes in above target but in line with expectations while the economy continues to show resilience