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Week brief · July 27 to August 2, 2026

Finance news, week of July 27, 2026

In the week of July 27 to August 2, 2026 the Finance desk recorded 60 news events on 7 days. Markets led with 22.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Jul 29 Federal Reserve holds rates steady in 9-3 vote 6
  2. Jul 31 Trump says anti-weaponization fund is dead 6
  3. Jul 29 Meta Q2 profit falls on legal and severance costs 5
  4. Jul 28 Economists use 380 trillion AI tokens to study market effects 4
  5. Jul 31 eastbaytimes.com: “US stocks swing as Amazon leaps, Apple sinks and rising oil prices add to worries about inflation” 4
  6. Aug 2 fox32chicago.com: “Trump halts Iran strikes, citing potential deal to end war” 4
  7. Jul 28 Reports compare AMD and Arista Networks in data centers and AI infrastructure. 3
  8. Jul 30 iHeartRadio: “Tim Cook Last Apple Earnings Call Today” 3

Monday, July 27, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for July 27, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 01:15 UTC Nikkei Flat as Oil Craters 5% – 173 Gainers vs 52 Losers 2
  2. 10:32 UTC Novorossiysk resumes crude loadings after days of halt 2
  3. 14:00 UTC thegazette.com: “Stocks open higher on Wall Street and crude oil prices drop 6% as Mideast tensions cool” 2

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

6 events. The full rundown for July 28, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 11:45 UTC Economists use 380 trillion AI tokens to study market effects 4
  2. 22:18 UTC Reports compare AMD and Arista Networks in data centers and AI infrastructure. 3
  3. 12:30 UTC Endeavor Bancorp reported Q2 2026 net income of $1.89M, or $0.40 per diluted share 2

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

9 events. The full rundown for July 29, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 18:45 UTC Federal Reserve holds rates steady in 9-3 vote 6
  2. 21:00 UTC Meta Q2 profit falls on legal and severance costs 5
  3. 02:45 UTC SK hynix posts 1,242% net profit increase to $64B 2

Thursday, July 30, 2026

6 events. The full rundown for July 30, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 12:45 UTC iHeartRadio: “Tim Cook Last Apple Earnings Call Today” 3
  2. 12:45 UTC EU aims for seven AI gigafactories with €10 billion plan 2
  3. 21:02 UTC Bank of America to acquire cybersecurity firm MDSec 2

Friday, July 31, 2026

6 events. The full rundown for July 31, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 21:15 UTC Trump says anti-weaponization fund is dead 6
  2. 15:45 UTC eastbaytimes.com: “US stocks swing as Amazon leaps, Apple sinks and rising oil prices add to worries about inflation” 4
  3. 05:00 UTC Sensex Rises 70 Pts, Nifty IT Sinks 3% as FII Inflows Hit ₹7,360 Cr 3

Saturday, August 1, 2026

5 events. The full rundown for August 1, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 20:30 UTC AMP, Beach Energy, ResMed to release full-year earnings this week; CBA, Telstra next week 3
  2. 11:00 UTC Wall Street week ahead: monthly jobs report, McDonald and SpaceX earnings 3
  3. 20:25 UTC Robinhood stock 43% off high as event contracts revenue rises 2

Sunday, August 2, 2026

10 events. The full rundown for August 2, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 09:30 UTC fox32chicago.com: “Trump halts Iran strikes, citing potential deal to end war” 4
  2. 02:30 UTC Household spending data due as fuel excise extension ends 3
  3. 12:00 UTC Q1FY27 earnings: firms build inventories amid rising commodity prices, supply chain risks 2

Summaries and key facts are machine summaries of the reports linked with them; outlets, times and counts come from those reports. How a rundown is built.

What kind of news was it?

  1. Markets 22
  2. Earnings 9
  3. Economy 7
  4. Regulation 5
  5. The Fed 5
  6. Commodities 4
  7. Banking 3
  8. IPOs 3

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).