Thursday, August 20, 2026
Afternoon
- Wall St hits two-week lows as rising bond yields, Walmart results drag
- Pressure builds anew in the bond market as Walmart drags the US stock market lower
- Oil hits more than three-week high as Trump tries to raise pressure on Iran
- Bessent Says Buybacks May Be More Than $4 Billion Per Issue
- Bessent to Detail US Plans to Isolate Iran’s Economy on Monday
- Bessent’s Treasury Twist Clouds Warsh’s Plea to ‘Play the Ball’
- Anthropic Expects to Match SpaceX’s Record IPO Size or Top It
- Private Credit Makes a Big Pivot as Direct Lending Funds Shrink
- US Housing Affordability Gauge Worsens for First Time Since 2023
- Treasury Turns to Interventionist Tactics to Lower Interest Rates
- Quant hedge funds suffer worst day in 2 years as Treasury boosts buyback and Moderna shares leap
- The US Treasury is buying long bonds, but not very many
General
- Stocks lower as Treasury yields reverse Bessent-driven decline, Walmart tumbles: Live updates
- Bond relief ebbs, stocks fall as investors question Treasury's rescue efforts
- Oil hits 3-week high on Middle East supply concerns amid war impasse
- Dollar at three-month low as Treasury moves to soothe bond jitters
- Iran dismisses US economic threats and other developments in the Middle East
- Trump announces ‘economic warfare’ on Iran, threatens ‘tremendous’ consequences for its backers
- Trump warns of economic consequences for any country that supports Iran
- US unemployment claims dropped to 206,000 last week with layoffs still sparse
- The data center fight is heating up. Here's how they work
- Hyperscalers’ Off-Grid Power Push Comes With Risks
- China Says Trump’s Economic Warfare Won’t Solve Iran Crisis
- Treasury's upsized buybacks may complicate Fed's monetary policy work
- Dollar Risks Becoming Biggest Loser From Bessent’s Bond Buying
- The U.S. might miss its foreign Treasury buyers
- The new kingmakers: Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on the 2026 midterms
- US 30-Year Bonds Erase Gains From Treasury’s Buyback Surprise
- Bond Yields Are ‘Elephant in Room’ Stock Investors Are Ignoring
- Dudley: It Won’t Take Much to Burst the Stock Market Bubble
- Emerging FX Gains as ‘Bessent Put’ Burnishes Carry Trade Appeal
- Corn Breaks $5 Level as US Crop Tour Points to Tighter Supplies
- China’s Property Crisis: From Evergrande Collapse to Spiraling Prices
- ow the $32 Trillion Treasury Market Influences the Economy
- The Treasury Market’s Coveted Status as a Safe Haven Is Fading
- Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Economic D-Day’
- Trump’s Plan to Squeeze Iran’s Economy Will Live or Die in Dubai
- U.S. Workers Are Paying More for Healthcare, and Next Year Will Be Worse
- California’s AI Dominance Fuels $366 Billion Venture Capital Bonanza
- Philadelphia Area Manufacturing Activity Continued to Expand in August
- Dwindling Patriot Supplies Leave Kyiv in the Line of Fire
- ‘Treasury demand has become materially more valuation-sensitive’
- Demand for tankers soars as Gulf oil producers search for ways to export cargoes
- 140 years of banking crises and bailouts
