SQUAWK BOX, MONDAY 8TH AUGUST, 2022

U.S. non-farm payrolls surprise to the upside which help to ease recession fears but also bump up Treasury yields as investors anticipate further Fed rate hikes. Chinese exports see faster-than-expected growth in July but imports suffer due to Beijing’s strict zero-Covid policies. The recent political upheaval in Italy has prompted ratings agency Moody’s to cut the country’s outlook to negative ahead of September’s general election. And in corporate news, Berkshire Hathaway suffers a $53bn loss on its investments in the second quarter.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.