‼️ 🧠 SoftBank Group Corp. priced a ¥1 trillion ($6.3 billion) retail bond with a coupon of 4.75%, as higher rates boost the appeal of bonds, potentially drawing more companies to retail funding.
‼️ 🧠 OpenAI has rolled out GPT-6 Astra to business users that are in its Daybreak program, which lets approved testers use its most capable models. OpenAI also plans to release a version of the AI model with added cybersecurity guardrails to its paid ChatGPT users.
‼️ Stock futures advanced as falling Treasury yields eased pressure on the Fed to hike, with fed funds futures pricing the odds of a rate increase in the coming weeks down to 54.6% after Governor Waller said he’d be “inclined to support” holding rates steady unless upcoming inflation data surprise to the upside.
‼️ Fed Governor Waller indicates he will support holding rates steady at September meeting. Waller: Recent trends “suggest we are finally seeing some signs of disinflation.”