The Open Bell — Ep. 060 — 14 Sept 2026
Today on The Open Bell:
Core inflation came in hotter than forecast on Friday and there's now an 85% chance the Fed raises your borrowing costs again this week, which means the people who were hoping for a break on mortgages and credit cards are going to have to keep waiting.
OpenAI just pulled what would have been the biggest tech IPO in history, citing safety concerns, and the Japanese investment giant SoftBank, which borrowed roughly $40 billion to get a piece of it, is down 13% this morning and very much not citing safety concerns.
China is cutting interest rates to try to get businesses and households borrowing again, and it's not working, and that matters to everyone because a sputtering second-largest economy is a problem that doesn't stay inside China's borders.
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Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:13 US core CPI at 0.30% beats forecasts, Fed rate hike near-cer 03:19 OpenAI IPO scrapped for 2026 on safety fears; SoftBank tumbl 05:31 China's August yuan loans hit 8-month low as credit demand c 07:35 Closing thoughts