Fed's Hawkish Tilt, Iran Concerns Weigh on Markets | The China Show 4/30/2026

Posted on 04/30/2026
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Chapters:

00:00:00 - Bloomberg: The China Show opens

00:04:40 - FOMC hawks overshadow Powell’s final press conference

00:06:30 - Citigroup Global Markets’ Johanna Chua on the outlook for the Fed and Asian economies amid the Iran war

00:24:32 - Alert: Samsung says it expects the memory supply shortage to continue

00:28:08 - China’s factory activity expands despite war-related pressures

00:30:20 - Samsung’s chip profit soars amid an AI spending spree

00:38:12 - Alphabet and Amazon outpace Meta in AI during earnings bonanza

00:40:47 - Trump rejects Iran Hormuz offer

00:44:28 - Breaking: RatingDog China Manufacturing PMI rises to highest since Dec. 2020

00:47:23 - Yen at weakest level since 2024

00:50:40 - What traders are watching this Thursday

01:00:23 - BSP: Philippines inflation in April likely 5.6% to 6.4%

01:20:49 - Opinion: Asia faces worst oil shock since the 1970s

01:34:08 - Samsung’s chip profit soars, but Asia’s AI rally masks deeper damage from the Iran war

01:42:39 - Oil rises amid report that IS is eyeing military options against Iran

01:44:14 - ETF IQ Asia: Leo Wealth’s Aleksey Mironenko on his ETF strategy

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