Market PulseArchive July 2026

July 2026, every story.

64 stories, newest first. Each one cites its primary sources.

The FedJul 31, 2026

Microsoft and Meta Report Tonight. Each Has One Number That Decides the Reaction.

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EconomyJul 27, 2026

Meta's Louisiana Data Center Deal Shows How Tech Wins Local Tax Breaks

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RatesJul 27, 2026

Treasury Yields Dropped With Oil Prices as Fed Decision Looms Wednesday

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MarketsJul 26, 2026

Four of the Biggest Companies on Earth Report This Week. They Will Be Judged on One Number.

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MarketsJul 26, 2026

The AI Spending Boom Just Showed Up Somewhere New: Big Tech's Credit Rating.

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MarketsJul 25, 2026

Four Companies Are Spending $725 Billion on AI This Year. The Market Got Nervous, Not Excited.

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The FedJul 25, 2026

The Fed Meets Wednesday. For the First Time in Years, Nobody Is Talking About a Cut.

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EconomyJul 24, 2026

Oil Spiked on the Red Sea Attacks. Here Is When, and How Much of It, Reaches Your Pump.

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MarketsJul 24, 2026

If You Pay U.S. Taxes, You Own a Piece of Intel. Here Is What That Actually Means.

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MarketsJul 23, 2026

Alphabet Reported $112 Billion in Profit. $98 Billion of It Came From One Line That Sells Nothing.

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MarketsJul 23, 2026

88 Percent of Companies Beat Expectations This Quarter. That Is Not a Miracle. It Is the System.

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RatesJul 23, 2026

Treasury Yields Hit 2026 Highs as Oil Spike Raises Fed Rate Hike Odds

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RatesJul 22, 2026

The 30-Year Treasury Has Stayed Above 5% Longer Than Any Stretch Since 2007

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MarketsJul 22, 2026

Alphabet's Earnings Tripled. Strip Out One Line and the Business Was Roughly Flat.

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MarketsJul 22, 2026

Tesla's Profit Missed and the Stock Barely Moved. At 350 Times Earnings, That Is the Point.

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MarketsJul 21, 2026

GM Reported Two Different Earnings Numbers Today. One Fell 26 Percent, One Rose 41 Percent.

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MarketsJul 21, 2026

How to Read Any Earnings Report in Five Minutes.

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MarketsJul 21, 2026

The Most Boring Stock in the Market Is Beating the Exciting Ones. Here Is Why.

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MarketsJul 20, 2026

Bitcoin Lost Half Its Value in Nine Months. No Exchange Failed. Here Is What Actually Did It.

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Consumer FinanceJul 20, 2026

The AI Boom Has a Bill and It Arrives With Your Next Laptop.

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MarketsJul 19, 2026

The Market Is Either 214 Percent or 238 Percent of the Economy. It Depends Who You Ask.

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MarketsJul 19, 2026

The Market Had Its Best Half in Years, Then Fell All Week. Both Were the Same Few Stocks.

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MarketsJul 18, 2026

Netflix Beat Its Numbers and the Stock Fell 7 Percent. Here Is Why Both Happened.

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MarketsJul 18, 2026

UnitedHealth Beat Its Earnings by 30 Percent. The Number That Explains How Is 86.7.

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EconomyJul 17, 2026

Housing Starts Jumped 19 Percent in June. The Margin of Error Is Almost 16 Points.

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EconomyJul 17, 2026

Americans Spent 6.7 Percent More at Stores Than Last June. They Did Not Get 6.7 Percent More Stuff.

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EconomyJul 16, 2026

Gas Prices Fell 10 Percent in June. They Are Still Up 27 Percent From Last Year.

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Consumer FinanceJul 16, 2026

The Default Student Loan Plan Now Earns Zero Credit Toward Forgiveness

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EconomyJul 15, 2026

Producer Prices Fell Sharply in June, Cooling Fed Rate Hike Pressure

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EconomyJul 15, 2026

Wholesale Prices Fell in June for the First Time in 10 Months, Driven by Lower Energy Costs

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EconomyJul 14, 2026

US Consumer Prices Fell in June for the First Time Since 2020

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MarketsJul 13, 2026

Wall Street Expects Record Earnings While Rates Stay High

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Consumer FinanceJul 13, 2026

At 4.5% Treasury Yields, the Social Security Delay Calculation Gets Harder

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EconomyJul 12, 2026

CPI Week and Earnings Season: How Inflation Data Shapes the Fed's Next Move

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EconomyJul 12, 2026

CPI and Earnings Week: What the Data Actually Measures and Why Markets Move

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MarketsJul 12, 2026

SpaceX's IPO: Elon Musk Gets 82% of the Vote From Under Half the Equity

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Consumer FinanceJul 11, 2026

Credit Card Balances Are Rising as Inflation and Rate Risk Squeeze Household Budgets

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RatesJul 11, 2026

The Treasury Sold $743 Billion This Week and the 30-Year Yield Hit 5.06 Percent

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Consumer FinanceJul 10, 2026

Crude Oil Rises and Your Gas Bill Follows, But Not Right Away

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The FedJul 10, 2026

The Fed Created Internal Task Forces to Reshape How It Sets Rates

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The FedJul 9, 2026

Fed Minutes Show Policymakers Split on When to Cut Rates Next

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TaxJul 9, 2026

The Difference Between a 37% Tax Bill and a 0% One Is How Long You Held the Stock

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The FedJul 8, 2026

The Fed Is Proposing New Rules for How Banks Must Run Anti-Money Laundering Programs

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RatesJul 8, 2026

Treasury Yields Climbed as Markets Priced In Hawkish Fed Minutes

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The FedJul 7, 2026

Americans Raised Inflation Forecasts in June, NY Fed Survey Shows

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The FedJul 6, 2026

Traders Are Most Bullish on the Dollar Since 2015 Because Rate Expectations Drive Currency Value

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EconomyJul 6, 2026

June Unemployment Fell to 4.2% While the Labor Force Shrank

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TaxJul 6, 2026

Trump Accounts Are Live. Here's What the $1,000 Seed Is Actually Worth.

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EconomyJul 5, 2026

More College Students Are Doubling Up on Majors to Cut Unemployment Risk

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The FedJul 5, 2026

A Weak Jobs Report Pushed Fed Rate-Cut Odds Higher. Here Is How That Works.

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Consumer FinanceJul 4, 2026

Banks Are Charging Up to $40 Per Overdraft With No Federal Cap

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EconomyJul 4, 2026

Veteran Unemployment Is Rising as US Job Growth Slows Sharply

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MarketsJul 3, 2026

Gold Rises Toward $4,200 as Weak Jobs Data Cuts Rate-Hike Odds

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MarketsJul 3, 2026

US Markets Stay Open July 3 Because Independence Day Falls on Saturday

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MarketsJul 2, 2026

Gold Trades Mixed as Traders Bet on the Fed Holding Rates Steady

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MarketsJul 2, 2026

IPO Volume Is Climbing Again and Here Is What That Actually Means

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MarketsJul 1, 2026

Goldman Sachs Says Synchronized Capital Spending Is Powering the Bull Market

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EconomyJul 1, 2026

Consumer Confidence Ticked Up in June but Economic Gloom Persists

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Consumer FinanceJul 1, 2026

July CPI Data Will Set Your 2027 Social Security COLA Raise

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July 2026, every story.

Stories from July 2026

The Fed Held Rates Again. Your Mortgage Rate Did Not Care.

The Economy Grew 1.5% Last Quarter. Here Is What That Number Actually Measures.

Azure Grew 43%. Meta's Ad Revenue Grew 27%. Meta's Profit Still Fell 14%.

The Number That Sets Your Mortgage Hit a 2007 High. It Is Not the Fed's Rate.

The Fed Held Rates Again. Three Officials Voted to Raise Them.

Microsoft and Meta Report Tonight. Each Has One Number That Decides the Reaction.

Meta's Louisiana Data Center Deal Shows How Tech Wins Local Tax Breaks

Treasury Yields Dropped With Oil Prices as Fed Decision Looms Wednesday

Four of the Biggest Companies on Earth Report This Week. They Will Be Judged on One Number.

The AI Spending Boom Just Showed Up Somewhere New: Big Tech's Credit Rating.

Four Companies Are Spending $725 Billion on AI This Year. The Market Got Nervous, Not Excited.

The Fed Meets Wednesday. For the First Time in Years, Nobody Is Talking About a Cut.

Oil Spiked on the Red Sea Attacks. Here Is When, and How Much of It, Reaches Your Pump.

If You Pay U.S. Taxes, You Own a Piece of Intel. Here Is What That Actually Means.

Alphabet Reported $112 Billion in Profit. $98 Billion of It Came From One Line That Sells Nothing.

88 Percent of Companies Beat Expectations This Quarter. That Is Not a Miracle. It Is the System.

Treasury Yields Hit 2026 Highs as Oil Spike Raises Fed Rate Hike Odds

The 30-Year Treasury Has Stayed Above 5% Longer Than Any Stretch Since 2007

Alphabet's Earnings Tripled. Strip Out One Line and the Business Was Roughly Flat.

Tesla's Profit Missed and the Stock Barely Moved. At 350 Times Earnings, That Is the Point.

GM Reported Two Different Earnings Numbers Today. One Fell 26 Percent, One Rose 41 Percent.

How to Read Any Earnings Report in Five Minutes.

The Most Boring Stock in the Market Is Beating the Exciting Ones. Here Is Why.

Bitcoin Lost Half Its Value in Nine Months. No Exchange Failed. Here Is What Actually Did It.

The AI Boom Has a Bill and It Arrives With Your Next Laptop.

The Market Is Either 214 Percent or 238 Percent of the Economy. It Depends Who You Ask.

The Market Had Its Best Half in Years, Then Fell All Week. Both Were the Same Few Stocks.

Netflix Beat Its Numbers and the Stock Fell 7 Percent. Here Is Why Both Happened.

UnitedHealth Beat Its Earnings by 30 Percent. The Number That Explains How Is 86.7.

Housing Starts Jumped 19 Percent in June. The Margin of Error Is Almost 16 Points.

Americans Spent 6.7 Percent More at Stores Than Last June. They Did Not Get 6.7 Percent More Stuff.

Gas Prices Fell 10 Percent in June. They Are Still Up 27 Percent From Last Year.

The Default Student Loan Plan Now Earns Zero Credit Toward Forgiveness

Producer Prices Fell Sharply in June, Cooling Fed Rate Hike Pressure

Wholesale Prices Fell in June for the First Time in 10 Months, Driven by Lower Energy Costs

US Consumer Prices Fell in June for the First Time Since 2020

Wall Street Expects Record Earnings While Rates Stay High

At 4.5% Treasury Yields, the Social Security Delay Calculation Gets Harder

CPI Week and Earnings Season: How Inflation Data Shapes the Fed's Next Move

CPI and Earnings Week: What the Data Actually Measures and Why Markets Move

SpaceX's IPO: Elon Musk Gets 82% of the Vote From Under Half the Equity

Credit Card Balances Are Rising as Inflation and Rate Risk Squeeze Household Budgets

The Treasury Sold $743 Billion This Week and the 30-Year Yield Hit 5.06 Percent

Crude Oil Rises and Your Gas Bill Follows, But Not Right Away

The Fed Created Internal Task Forces to Reshape How It Sets Rates

Fed Minutes Show Policymakers Split on When to Cut Rates Next

The Difference Between a 37% Tax Bill and a 0% One Is How Long You Held the Stock

The Fed Is Proposing New Rules for How Banks Must Run Anti-Money Laundering Programs

Treasury Yields Climbed as Markets Priced In Hawkish Fed Minutes

Americans Raised Inflation Forecasts in June, NY Fed Survey Shows

Traders Are Most Bullish on the Dollar Since 2015 Because Rate Expectations Drive Currency Value

June Unemployment Fell to 4.2% While the Labor Force Shrank

Trump Accounts Are Live. Here's What the $1,000 Seed Is Actually Worth.

More College Students Are Doubling Up on Majors to Cut Unemployment Risk

A Weak Jobs Report Pushed Fed Rate-Cut Odds Higher. Here Is How That Works.

Banks Are Charging Up to $40 Per Overdraft With No Federal Cap

Veteran Unemployment Is Rising as US Job Growth Slows Sharply

Gold Rises Toward $4,200 as Weak Jobs Data Cuts Rate-Hike Odds

US Markets Stay Open July 3 Because Independence Day Falls on Saturday

Gold Trades Mixed as Traders Bet on the Fed Holding Rates Steady

IPO Volume Is Climbing Again and Here Is What That Actually Means

Goldman Sachs Says Synchronized Capital Spending Is Powering the Bull Market

Consumer Confidence Ticked Up in June but Economic Gloom Persists

July CPI Data Will Set Your 2027 Social Security COLA Raise