Thursday, June 22, 2023

The Daily Money: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk agree to a cage match

The exchange came on the heels of Musk tweeting, "I'm sure Earth can't wait to be exclusively under Zuck's thumb with no other options."

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The Daily Money

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Thu Jun 22 2023

 

Bailey Schulz Money Reporter

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Happy Thursday, Daily Money readers. It's Bailey Schulz with the day's top headlines.

Here's a string of words I never thought I'd write: Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have agreed to a cage fight.

"I'm up for a cage match if he is," 51-year-old Twitter owner Musk posted in a Twitter thread Tuesday.

"Send me location," Zuckerberg responded in an Instagram story Wednesday. The 38-year-old founder and CEO of Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta recently competed in his first jiu-jitsu tournament and won gold and silver medals.

The exchange came on the heels of Musk tweeting, "I'm sure Earth can't wait to be exclusively under Zuck's thumb with no other options."

Earlier this month, the Verge reported Meta is working on a Twitter competitor potentially called Threads, and talking to celebrities about being early users. Chris Cox, Meta's chief product officer, said it is the company's "response to Twitter," the outlet reported.

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This combo of file images shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. In a now-viral back-and-forth seen on Twitter and Instagram this week, the two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to a "cage match" face off.

Manu Fernandez, Stephan Savoia, AP Photo

Powell: The battle against inflation 'has a long way to go'

During testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that getting inflation back down to 2% "has a long way to go" as inflation pressures continue to run high. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index (PCE) was up 4.4% year-over-year as of April, while core PCE prices were up 4.7%.

The comments come one week after the Fed held its key rate steady for the first time since January 2022. At the time, the Fed signaled that two more quarter-point hikes are likely this year.

"Given how far we've come, it may make sense to move rates higher but to do so at a more moderate pace," Powell said. "Earlier in the process, speed was very important. It's not very important now."

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Musk might want to be careful: Zuckerberg recently competed in his first jiu-jitsu tournament and won gold and silver medals.

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