Former Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard, Cleveland Cliffs Soars, Crypto IPO Pipeline 7/21/25

Former NEC Director and former Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn reacts to this morning’s GDP print and the President’s continued call for the Fed to lower rates. Plus an exclusive with the CEO of Oreo maker Mondelez, raising prices to offset an “unprecedented” rise in cocoa prices. Then the CEO of Teva Pharma breaks down the impact of tariffs for the Israeli based company, after narrowing its full-year outlook. And Finally what results from Meta and Amazon could signal about the AI opportunity in the ad market.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent resumes trade talks with Chinese counterparts in Sweden. The very latest, this hour. Plus, the CEOs of Sofi, Sysco and Royal Caribbean react to their earnings reports. Sofi seeing a 44% jump in revenue year-over-year while Royal Caribbean lifts its profit forecast on strong cruise demand.

Senior Chinese and U.S. official meet in Stockholm, trying to establish the outlines of a trade deal. What’s most important from a Chinese perspective? We’re live in Beijing with the latest. Then with stocks touching new all-time highs should investors be concerned about some of the drivers of the rally? A look at some of the ‘froth’ in the market. Plus new iPhone sales data out of China could shed light on what to expect from Apple’s earnings report later this week. Those numbers, this hour.

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The CEOs of energy companies Baker Hughes and EQT join the show. Reacting to quarterly results and laying out how power demand for data centers is impacting business. Then the United States Federal Chief AI Officer breaks down the White House’s AI action plan ahead of remarks from President Trump ahead of an event in DC. Plus Tesla helping to kick off Mag 7 earnings. What to lookout for in that report.

President Trump host a bilateral meeting with the president of the Philippines, touting that a trade deal is close, while also continuing his beratement of Fed Chair Powell. Then the CEO of Suntory, which owns brands like Jim Beam and Makers Mark, lays out how tariffs are impacting the business and the latest on the trade negotiations with Japan. Suntory’s CEO also serving as an economic advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister. And Finally reported delays in AI datacenter project ‘Stargate’ have OpenAI and Oracle striking some side deals, leaving SoftBank on the sidelines. Carl Quintanilla and Sara Eisen cover it all on Money Movers.

Former Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard reacts to the reports that Treasury Secretary Soctt Bessent talked the President out of firing Powell, plus her outlook for rate policy. Then Cleveland-Cliffs stock soars as it says it’s benefiting from U.S. tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. And as bitcoin hits new records, a number of crypto companies looking to test to public markets. VC Ben Lerer gives his outlook for the industry.

Shares of Charles Schwab hit an all-time high on the back of second quarter results. CEO Rick Wurster breaks down the quarter and some potential growth drivers after revenue jumped 25% year-over-year. Then the CFO of American Express speaking with CNBC, fresh off the call, those comments about the consumer. Plus The first of three crypto bills heading to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law. A breakdown of the remaining legislation.

The CEOs of Pepsi, Novartis and Citizens Financial join the show to break down quarterly results. Pepsi working to navigate the “Make America Healthy Again” movement. Novartis’ CEO warnings about the expansion of Chinese drug innovation. And Citizens laying out future growth drivers, including a robust M&A pipeline. All that on Money Movers.