Economy
Berkshire Hathaway meeting, Spirit shuts down, Meta’s return to court and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Monday. Congratulations to Golden Tempo on winning the Kentucky Derby. However, as a financial journalist, I felt inclined to root for Emerging Market. Stock futures are falling this morning. The market is coming off a winning week. Here are five key […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: eBay, Norwegian Cruise Line, Coinbase & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: eBay — Shares of the online marketplace jumped nearly 9% after GameStop made an unsolicited, non-binding offer Sunday to buy eBay for roughly $55.5 billion. GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen said the merger would be a way to create a strong competitor to Amazon . GameStop fell […]
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Treasury yields edge higher as traders monitor factory data and Middle East developments
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Monday as traders awaited more data on U.S. factory activity and events in the Middle East continued to loom over borrowing costs. The 10-year Treasury yield — the benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — was more than 1 basis point higher in early trade, at 4.3979% by 5:10 a.m. E.T. Meanwhile, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump’s Hormuz gambit lands with a whimper
U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit board M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran in violation of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, April 28, 2026. U.S. forces released the vessel after conducting a search and confirming the ship’s voyage would not include an Iranian port […]
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‘Godspeed my friend’: Inside the final hours at Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines kiosks at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on May 2, hours after the carrier shut down. Leslie Josephs/CNBC BALTIMORE/NEW YORK — Spirit Airlines was hours away from its final flights Friday afternoon. Jeremiah Burton was hours away from his first. “It’s my first time flying,” Burton, a 45-year-old air conditioning and heating technician, told […]
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UK exports to U.S. plunge by 25% after Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs blitz
US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as they speak to reporters after meeting during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 16, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images U.K. goods exported to the U.S. plunged […]
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Apple earnings, DHS shutdown, ‘Ozempic breath’ and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. My colleagues and I will be covering Berkshire Hathaway‘s annual meeting tomorrow — its first without Warren Buffett as CEO. You can follow along with our special coverage on TV and online. S&P 500 futures are little changed this morning […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Apple, Estee Lauder, Roku, Reddit, Roblox and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Apple — Shares were up 3.5%. For the fiscal second quarter , Apple’s earnings came in at $2.01 per share, while revenue landed at $111.18 billion. This beat the earnings of $1.95 a share and $109.66 billion in revenue analysts were looking for, per LSEG. Still, […]
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Treasury yields are flat as investors digest latest GDP and inflation data
Treasury yields were unchanged on Friday as investors digested a week of key economic data and policy releases. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — was unchanged at 4.390%. The 2-year Treasury note yield, which more closely tracks short-term Federal Reserve interest rate policy, was […]
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Core inflation rate hit 3.2% in March as first-quarter growth disappointed at 2%
Consumers faced escalating prices in March as the Iran war sent oil soaring and created a new level of challenges for the Federal Reserve, according to a batch of reports Thursday that showed economic growth slower than expected and a generational low in layoffs. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and […]
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