Inflation data, CoreWeave's revenue surge, election betting and more in Morning Squawk

Cnbc · Aug 12, 2026 · 708 words · By Alex Harring

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Why it matters

We may be only fresh off the World Cup, but JPMorgan is already investing around the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Common ground

Stock futures inch higher this morning after a losing day.

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Claim 1: “Quarter-over-quarter increase: 1.7%”

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Claim 2: “JPMorgan is already investing around the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.”

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CNBC explicitly reports that JPMorgan is making a 'nine-figure bet' as the first-ever global banking partner for the 2028 LA Olympics.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2028 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA28, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from July 14…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_Summer_Olympics

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2030 Winter Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2030), officially known as the XXVI Olympic Winter Games (French: XXVIes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver) and branded as Alpes 2030, is an upcoming…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2030_Winter_Olympics

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held f…
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Claim 3: “Collective balances: $1.26 trillion”

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Claim 5: “Nvidia's Monday announcement of deals to provide financing for customers.”

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Claim 6: “Credit card debt rose near records in the second quarter, according to a report from the New York Fed released yesterday.”

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Claim 7: “Nvidia shares ended the session marginally in the red.”

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Claim 8: “CoreWeave's second-quarter revenue came in ahead of Wall Street's consensus and more than doubled from a year prior.”

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Both Wikipedia and MEXC Crypto Pulse report that CoreWeave's Q2 2026 revenue exceeded expectations and more than doubled year-over-year (112% increase).

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web search NEUTRAL — In May 2026, CoreWeave reported first-quarter revenue of $2.08 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $1.97 billion and more than doubling year-over-year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoreWeave

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web search NEUTRAL — At the midpoint, CoreWeave increased expected 2026 revenue by $300 million while increasing expected capital expenditure by $4 billion. That works out to more than $13 of additional capex guidance for…
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web search NEUTRAL — CoreWeave reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter 2026 results on August 11, with revenue more than doubling from a year earlier as demand for AI cloud infrastructure continued to rise. Q2 reve…
https://www.mexc.co/crypto-pulse/article/coreweave-q2-2026-e…

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Claim 9: “Investors sent the stock up 14% in extended trading.”

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The provided evidence for CoreWeave discusses revenue and general company info, but does not mention a 14% increase in stock price during extended trading.

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web search NEUTRAL — CoreWeave, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-computing company based in Livingston, New Jersey. It specializes in providing cloud-based graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructu…
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web search NEUTRAL — From leading AI labs like OpenAI and Mistral AI to global giants like IBM, the world’s most ambitious AI innovators build on CoreWeave. Explore how they’re all pushing boundaries and bringing the futu…
https://www.coreweave.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest CoreWeave, Inc. (CRWV) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CRWV/?fr=sycsrp_catchall

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Claim 10: “The artificial intelligence cloud provider announced business dealing with Anthropic and Meta during the quarter.”

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The evidence mentions that CoreWeave works with AI labs like OpenAI and Mistral, but does not specifically confirm business dealings with Anthropic and Meta announced during the second quarter.

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Claim 11: “Invitation Homes CEO Dallas Tanner said yesterday that the housing bill that went into effect last month could lead to less pricing pressure”

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Claim 12: “CME Group is set to launch the first futures contracts tied to the cost of running AI chips.”

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Claim 13: “In the Democratic Party, progressives and moderates faced off in contests in Wisconsin and Minnesota.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) is a political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota affiliated with the national Democratic Party. The party was formed by a merger between the Minnes…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Minnesota will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Minnesota. Democratic lieutenant governor …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Wisconsin. Democratic Milwaukee County executive David Crowley and Republican U.S. re…
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Claim 14: “Economists expect headline CPI to show a 0.1% for a 12-month gain of 3.4%”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A consumer price index (CPI) is a statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households. It is calculated as the weighted average price of a m…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a family of various consumer price indices published monthly by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The most commonly used indices are t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index published annually by Transparency International, a German registered association, since 1995. It scores and ranks countries by their perceived level…
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Claim 15: “The S&P 500 fell for a second straight day heading into the report”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 1964, a major split occurred in the Communist Party of India (CPI). The split was the culmination of decades of tensions and factional infighting. When India became independent in 1947, differences…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the 26 December 1925 Kanpur conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led militant struggles…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — P. Shanmugam is a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). In 1992 he became the founding general secretary of the Tamilnadu Tribal…
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Claim 16: “Nearly two dozen states have laws that bar betting on elections”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elisabeth Anderson Sierra (born c. 1988) is an American woman who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest individual donation of breast milk.
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Claim 17: “CME is working with Silicon Data to roll out two compute futures contracts in early October, as long as regulatory approval comes through.”

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