The Fed’s inflation fight, payment problems, and cloud, cars, & chips

Yields spiked this morning after the ISM Prices Paid Index reversed higher again – the last thing the Fed wants to see right now. But which tools will be more effective in battling it: rate hikes, or cutting the balance sheet? We’ll ask the experts. Plus, PayPal reports earnings tonight, and the stock is down 25% since it abandoned its pursuit of Pinterest. What can turn it around? We’ll explore. And, in today’s Earnings Exchange: we’ll give you the story, the action and the trade in Alphabet, GM & AMD with results on deck.