Treasury Secy. Bessent testifying on Capitol Hill for a 2nd day, this time before the Senate Finance Committee: Carl Quintanilla, Sara Eisen, and David Faber got the biggest headlines this hour and discussed what it all means for stocks alongside this morning’s fresh inflation and jobless claims data. Evercore Chairman Roger Altman joined the team with his read from the ground – and why he thinks we’re at “the beginning of a slowdown”… Also not mincing words when it comes to the President’s Big Beautiful Bill and its impact. Plus: the latest on an Air India Boeing 787 flight that crashed after take-off overnight, with over 200 casualties.

Other top stories: IPO markets beginning to heat back up as Chime becomes the latest name to go public; David caught up with their CEO ahead of the first trade and broke the latest indications this hour… The road ahead for autos with one former Tesla President, current GM board member – as the latter name makes a new multi-billion dollar bet on American manufacturing… And a breakdown of the results sending Oracle shares to new all-time highs.

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Carl Quintanilla, David Faber and Sara Eisen led off the show with tragic news: An Air India plane bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in Western India. The aircraft was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. News of the crash sent shares of the Dow component and jet engine maker GE Aerospace down sharply. As for inflation, the May Producer Price Index came in cooler than expected. IPO Watch: David interviewed the CEO of fintech firm Chime ahead of its public debut on Thursday. The startup hoping to join the ranks of companies who have seen their stocks soar since going public this year. Also in focus: The dollar hits new lows for 2025, President Trump's new trade message, Oracle surges, what Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC about the U.S. imposing AI chip restrictions on China.

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A big morning for trade as Treasury Secretary Bessent testifies on Capitol Hill following U.S.-China trade talks in London: Carl Quintanilla, Sara Eisen, and David Faber got the biggest headlines this hour and discussed what it all means for stocks alongside this morning’s better-than-expected consumer inflation print. Goldman Sachs’ Chief U.S. Economist joined the team with his take on the Fed’s next steps here – as rate cut odds rise, and yields fall… Plus: an AI boom or bust? A quick check on the AI trade, and who’s winning the growing arms race – with Meta’s new $14B stake in Scale AI a key focus (along with a new lawsuit out of Disney and NBCUniversal accusing AI image generator ‘Midjourney’ of copyright infringement).

Other top stories: Voyager Technologies going public at the New York Stock Exchange – hear from the CEO of what some are calling “the Berkshire Hathaway of Space” ahead of the first trade; Elon Musk walking back his feud with President Trump – what it means for shares; and a first look at CNBC’s 2025 Top States For Business.

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