Friday, August 21, 2026
General
- Stocks rebound after sell-off but remain on pace for weekly decline: Live updates
- Oil set for second weekly gain as US ramps up pressure on Iran
- Global stocks set for biggest weekly fall since mid-July, dollar on the defensive
- Gold rebounds as bond jitters, debt fears and weaker dollar revive bullion demand
- ‘Perfect storm’ brews for global food supply this winter as grain prices soar
- Why Treasury Secretary Bessent’s moves to calm the bond market haven’t worked so far
- Japan’s historic yen intervention has ‘turbo-charged’ the carry trade
- US Treasury buyback strategy falls short as debt worries persist
- U.S. bond intervention is like ‘paying your mortgage with your credit card,’ JPMorgan’s Sullivan says
- America's capital crunch: Soaring debt collides with AI spending spree
- Analysis-US corporate AI debt surge tests investor limits as fatigue emerges
- Oil markets are tuning out Trump's "truths"
- BofA's Hartnett Sees Pressure on Risk Assets If Bond Plan Fails
- Live updates: Trump warns of ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran days before six-month mark of war
- US says it will impose 'toughest sanctions in history' on Iran
- Iran vows 'devastating' response to US threat to cut off its economic lifelines
- AI data center outrage is showing up everywhere from ads to elections
- Tricolor Fallout Fuels Boom in Business for Collateral Checkers
- Euro zone business activity growing at fastest pace since November, PMIs show
- Japan's core inflation accelerates in July, bolsters case for rate hike
- The drone war is coming for global shipping
- Authers: Bessent Must Envy When the Grownups Were in Charge
- It Didn't Take Long for the White House to Undermine the Fed
- China Plans New Fiscal Support Policies Soon Amid Slowdown
- Japan’s Upcoming Budget Requests in Spotlight Amid Fiscal Fears
- The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran
- Iran Must Plan to Overcome ‘Unjust’ U.S. Sanctions, Top Tehran Official Says
- 2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises
- Politicians Turn Against Data Centers as Anger Over AI Spreads
- Is America Still Capable of Enforcing the World Order?
- Scott Bessent takes on bond vigilantes in $32tn Treasury market
- How money-market funds are providing stock market rocket fuel
- What is Jane Street?
- Bitcoin and gold surge as Bessent’s bond market intervention weighs on dollar
