July 29 (Thursday)

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Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing

Markets
Dow Edges Lower After Fed Statement | W
Treasury Yields Edge Higher After Fed Signal on Tapering Bond Buying | W

Global
Covid-19 Keeps Resurging, but Western Economies Are Adapting | W

Central banks
Fed decision July 2021: Rates held near zero, economy better even with pandemic worries | C
Fed Says Economy Has Progressed Toward Goals, Tees Up Bond Taper | W
Powell says Fed likely to taper asset purchases ‘at the same time’ | R

US
Will the Delta Variant Wreck the Recovery? | N
U.S. Senate advances roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill | R

Geopolitics & trade
Biden nominates Huawei prosecutor for key China export post | R

Industries & companies
Consumer discretionary: Amazon is everywhere. Here’s how the US could break it up | NN
Communication services: Facebook (FB) earnings Q2 2021 | C
Restaurants: Wingstop plans ghost kitchens in Manhattan as company leans on digital | C
Tech: Qualcomm (QCOM) earnings Q3 2021 | C

Corporate finance
Robinhood IPO Prices at $38 a Share | W
Citizens Financial to Buy Investors Bancorp in $3.5 Billion Deal | W

Virus
Pfizer’s CEO says Covid vaccine effectiveness drops to 84% after six months | C
Biden Plans to Require Covid-19 Vaccine or Regular Tests for Federal Workers | W
Most Apple stores will require masks regardless of vaccination status | C
Some Republicans Reject Revived Covid-19 Mask Rules in Congress | W