Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Afternoon
- Strong AI earnings lift S&P 500, Nasdaq as inflation data calms rate-hike jitters
- Oil dips on demand forecasts, global equities gain
- US July deficit tops $432 billion as outlays grow, tariff receipts stay negative
- Inflation relief's staying power is in question
- Diesel desperation is mounting globally
- Huge oil slick hitting Oman's shoreline as agencies warn of disaster
- Trump Says Hormuz Is Under U.S. Control. Few Ships Are Listening.
- In-Line Inflation Reading Buys the Fed More Time to Defend Its Forecast
- War Is Squeezing Another Global Chokepoint: The Black Sea
General
- Stocks rise after tame inflation data; AI-related shares jump: Live updates
- Global stocks hold gains after in-line US CPI
- Consumer prices rose 0.1% in July, as expected, putting the annual rate at 3.4%
- New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse
- Boston Fed's Collins open to interest rate increase in September, FT says
- Bank of America pledges $250 billion for US infrastructure financing
- World-Beating Rand Carry Lures Traders to South African Bonds
- Putin threatens retaliation for Western seizures of Russian commercial vessels
- Iran Takes More Aggressive Military Stance With US Talks Frozen
- Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with US
- Bessent-Takaichi Split on BOJ Risks Undermining Joint Yen Rescue
- Korea’s 30-Year Bond Yield Hits Record on Oil, Rate Hike Bets
- Iranian Factions Squabble Over War Aims With Khamenei Absent
- Hormuz Standoff Derails Oil Supply Recovery and Deepens Demand Slump, IEA Says
- Why Wall Street and Nvidia Are Building an Exotic Money Pipeline for the AI Boom
- How a bad trade pushed a US mortgage giant into a $2bn lifeline
- Poorer Americans are struggling to make ‘ends meet’, top Fed official says
- Panama Canal fees hit record high as El Niño and Iran war choke shipping
- China’s great jobs squeeze
- China-linked hackers hit Taiwan in unprecedented ‘autonomous’ AI cyber attack
