SQUAWK BOX, THURSDAY 27TH JULY, 2023

The Fed hikes interest rates to their highest level in 22 years. Chairman Jerome Powell says he will remain open to a further hike or a pause in August. Investors now await the ECB’s rates decision which is expected to be another hike of 25bps as euro zone inflation remains stubbornly above 5 per cent. Airbus beats Q2 profit targets and confirms FY guidance. CEO Guillaume Faury tells CNBC that supply chain bottlenecks do still remain a ‘complex environment’. Social media giant Meta beats on the top and bottom line driven by a recovery in digital advertising. French bank BNP Paribas sees Q2 net income surge by 16 per cent. CFO Lars Machenil tells this channel that price pressures are slowly easing.