JPMorgan Fund, Sterling Bay Get $213 Million Refi in Chicago — A JPMorgan Asset Management fund and developer Sterling Bay have secured a $213 million refinancing for a Chicago office tower. The financing is structured as a three-year loan. The transaction highlights the growing div (Bloomberg Business, 2026-07-31)
Beijing pledges faster spending to support China's economy — China's leadership pledged to accelerate fiscal spending and introduce incremental policies to support domestic demand after second-quarter GDP growth slowed to 4.3%, falling outside the official 4.5 to 5% annual target. (Financial Times News, 2026-07-30)
Innolight, winner of US-China AI rivalry, falls 9% in Hong Kong debut — Zhongji Innolight, a Chinese supplier of optical transceivers for AI data centres, fell as much as 9.4 per cent in its Hong Kong trading debut on Thursday, dropping to HK$887.5 from its listing price of HK$980 amid a bro (Financial Times News, 2026-07-30)
Innolight Set For Biggest Hong Kong Debut in Seven Years — Zhongji Innolight Co. is scheduled to begin trading in Hong Kong on Thursday after raising HK$53.4 billion ($6.8 billion) in the city's largest initial public offering in seven years. The company manufactures optical tra (Bloomberg Business, 2026-07-29)
JPMorgan's Michele Says Dissenting Fed Trio Sends Crucial Signal — Analysts Jim Bianco and Diane Swonk indicated that recent dissents from Federal Reserve policymakers signal a willingness among some officials to tighten monetary policy. The dissenting votes suggest that certain Fed gov (Bloomberg Business, 2026-07-29)
The Fed's next step is far from clear — The Federal Open Market Committee faces an unusually uncertain rate decision, with CME FedWatch pricing a 66.3 percent probability of a hold and a 33.7 percent chance of a 25 basis point hike, diverging from the era of f (Financial Times News, 2026-07-29)
Central banks can't 'see through' this many inflationary risks — Central banks face unprecedented difficulty managing inflation as multiple price pressures converge simultaneously, making it harder to dismiss cumulative effects as transitory. The U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, a (Reuters, 2026-07-28)