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Squawk on the Street

SOTS 2nd Hour: Iran Latest & Energy Implications, Moody's Chief Economist, & More Private Credit Concerns 4/9/26

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Investing, Business

4.0566 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

David Faber, Carl Quintanilla, and Leslie Picker kicked off the hour with new data - before getting into the latest on Iran, what it all means for the energy patch, and what could come next in Hormuz - according to the CEO of one global cargo company with ships in the Middle East. Plus: Bank of America's Head of US Equity Strategy joined the broadcast with her volatility playbook, before the team checked in with Moody's Chief Economist about the macro (fresh off a new 'vibe-coded' recession indicator that's flashing warning signs). Elsewhere in the hour: details on Meta's new deal with Coreweave, what's hitting private credit stocks alongside software, and the key takeaways from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's annual letter to shareholders. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Good Thursday morning. Welcome to Squawk in the Street. I'm Carl Kintania with Leslie Picker,

0:08.3

David Faber here at Post 9 of the New York Stock Exchange. Sarah Eisen has the morning off.

0:12.3

Coming up this hour, the latest on the Iran War and the ceasefire. As oil resumes its march higher,

0:18.1

back above 100 amid confusion about what exactly is included in this deal.

0:23.3

We'll talk to the head of Nordic American tankers currently has ships in the Middle East about Iran's plan to collect tolls in these Strait of Wormuz.

0:30.9

Amazon's boss, Andy Jassy out with an annual letter this morning.

0:33.8

Some big numbers around the company's opportunity in custom chips we'll

0:38.2

explain first so let's get some more breaking economic data just crossed and

0:43.1

Rick Santelli has that for us good morning Rick good morning David yes wholesale

0:48.8

inventories this is a February final read so we take the down half of 1% number. That was our final read in January,

0:58.1

and that now becomes up eight tenths, up eight tenths. That is a hot read. As a matter of fact,

1:04.4

that would be the biggest inventory jump going all the way back to Jan of 25. And it doesn't end there.

1:12.9

If we look at our February on trade sales, three, four times what we're expecting, up 2.7%

1:21.7

best since March of 22.

1:24.9

And if we look at the up 1.1 revision in the rearview mirror that is really a hot

1:30.9

number there that would be be up 1.1 percent so these are very very strong numbers

1:37.1

and they do underscore that many believe we see our biggest moves in inventories and

1:42.2

sales in January it really turned out to be Feb.

1:46.0

But on our February numbers, we also at the end of the month, of course, have the conflict beginning.

1:51.0

So many are going to look at this and notice it's going to change, because whether it's

1:55.0

inventories or sales, a lot of this could be affected by all the various products that are moving through in the Middle East.

2:02.2

And we do see that yields on the long end or higher on the short end.

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