Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia Edition

Business and finance news from the Asia-Pacific.
The yen advanced sharply on Monday amid high alert in markets. This comes after Japan confirmed its first joint intervention with the US in currency markets in 15 years and warned that it was ready to act again, after the yen last week slid to a four-decade low. Japan’s Finance Ministry intervened in the market on Friday in coordination with the Treasury Department. US President Donald Trump earlier said the US joined the currency-market intervention as a sign of friendship with Japan, saying that he expects Washington to reap a financial benefit from helping the ally. Separately, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post on X that the US stepped in to help fight “disorderly” movements in the yen and is ready to keep helping Japan. Bloomberg's Paul Allen and Haidi-Stroud Watts spoke to Louise Loo, Head of Asia Economics at Oxford Economics.
Amid US intervention with the yen in Japan, bond investors say the risk of a deeper Treasury rout is rising as Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh keeps investors in the dark about how officials will respond to the evolving economy. The Treasury market is signaling that Warsh's inflation-fighting credibility is eroding after he declined to outline how he plans to curb price pressures when policymakers left interest rates unchanged last week. The result is steeper borrowing costs for the government, homeowners and companies, with the rate on the 30-year Treasury at a 19-year high. Bloomberg's Paul Allen and Haidi-Stroud Watts spoke to Julia Wang, North Asia CIO for Nomura International Wealth Management.
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Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Nathan Hager take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.
In the US – a look ahead to the July jobs report in the U.S with a focus on 3 stocks for the week ahead.
In the UK – a look ahead to some of the most consequential earnings releases of the year in Europe.
In Asia – a look ahead to key economic data for Vietnam in the week ahead, including numbers on consumer prices and trade.
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Chip Stocks on Wall Street posted its biggest gain in more than a year. Amazon.com Inc. rose 9.5% after cloud-computing revenue accelerated for a fifth straight quarter, while Microsoft Corp. surged 16% after earnings, adding roughly $450 billion to its value, the most by any stock in a single day. Apple Inc. dropped more than 6% in extended trading as supply shortages hurt its sales forecast. We speak to Daniel Newman, CEO of The Futurum Group.
Plus - US-listed shares of Silicon Motion surged in New York trading, after the semiconductor device company reported second-quarter results that beat expectations and it gave a revenue forecast that is much stronger than expected. Bloomberg's Yvonne Man and David Ingles spoke to Jason Tsai, CFO of Silicon Motion.
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Business and finance news from the Asia-Pacific.

Microsoft Corp. climbed almost 9% in extended trading after reporting its fastest cloud-computing growth in four years. Samsung Electronics Co. rose over 1% after chip profit soared over 250-fold. Meta Platforms Inc., however, fell over 7% in post-market trading following a disappointing revenue forecast for the current year. For more analysis, we spoke to MS Hwang, Research Director at Counterpoint Research.

Plus - Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has said the decision to leave interest rates unchanged wasn't a sign of inertia at the central bank, which is committed to tackling inflation. Brown University Professor of International Economics Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan breaks down how markets are interpreting the signals. She spoke to Bloomberg TV host Haidi Stroud-Watts.

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