Fed’s John Williams stresses independence as Trump moves to fire Lisa Cook

Fed’s John Williams stresses independence as Trump moves to fire Lisa Cook

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams on Wednesday stressed the importance of central bank independence as President Donald Trump looks to exert control over monetary policy. In a CNBC interview, the influential policymaker avoided commenting directly on Trump’s efforts to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook but did note the important economic role the central…

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JLL Bid Intensity Index, gauge of CRE transaction volume, improves in July

JLL Bid Intensity Index, gauge of CRE transaction volume, improves in July

Housing block in Warsaw, Poland Busà Photography | Moment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public…

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Stocks Wednesday from analyst calls like Nvidia

Stocks Wednesday from analyst calls like Nvidia

Here are Wednesday’s biggest calls on Wall Street: Cantor Fitzgerald initiates CoreWeave as buy Cantor said it’s bullish on shares of CoreWeave. “We believe CoreWeave should benefit from secular growth trends in AI, specifically large language model (LLM) training and inference based usage, as an enabling software-driven AI-focused hyperscaler, comfort in near-term demand/supply imbalance, and…

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