July 20 (Saturday)

Markets
Stocks End Week Lower as Fed Signals Small Rate Cut (W)
Fed Officials Shake Markets With Rate Cut Comments (B)
Why Is Wall Street So Sold on the 50-Basis-Point Rate Cut? (W)
Debt-Ceiling Impasse Draws Bond Traders’ Focus as Fed Goes Quiet (B)
Euro May Weather a Dovish ECB Amid Policy Divergence Bets (B)

Central banks
Fed Dove James Bullard Backs Quarter-Point Cut, Would Love to Be Chair (B)
Fed Officials Signal Quarter-Point Rate Cut Is Likely in July (W)
Fed’s Rosengren not on board for rate cut: ‘I think we should wait’ (C)
Trump’s public attacks have ‘no effect’ on Fed policy, Rosengren says (C)
Trump wades into debate over controversial Fed speech Thursday, calls for end to tight policy (C)

US
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Held Steady in Early July (W)

US politics
Trump’s Electoral College Edge Could Grow in 2020, Rewarding Polarizing Campaign (N)

Geopolitics & trade
The F-35 has already freaked out Iran and changed everything in the Middle East (C)
British foreign minister ‘extremely concerned’ by Iran tanker seizure in the Strait of Hormuz (C)
Trump hosts US airline executives — and their Qatari rival — amid tensions over Gulf state subsidies (C)
Brazil’s Leader Plans to Name Son as Ambassador to U.S. (W)

Industries & companies
FAANGs: Amazon hires Trump-allied lobbyist Jeff Miller as president threatens to intervene in battle over Pentagon contract (C)
FAANGs: Amazon Offers Sellers a Leg Up, With a Catch (W)
Tech: Microsoft’s Cloud Business Drives Record Sales (W)
Tech: Tinder Bypasses Google Play Joining Revolt Against App Store Fee (B)
Tech: We Tested 5G Across America. It’s Crazy Fast—and a Hot Mess (W)

Corporate finance
Budweiser Brewer to Sell Australian Unit to Japan’s Asahi (W)
PepsiCo Expands in Africa With $1.7 Billion Deal (W)
Startup Investment to Keep Soaring After Record Year (W)
Blackhawk Files Chapter 11, Joins List of Bankrupt Coal Miners (B)

Offbeat
As Heat Wave Strikes, Even Low Temperatures Forecast to Hit Records (W)