Monday, August 16, 2021
Afternoon
- S&P 500 hits record high as defensive shares shine
- Treasuries - Yields lower on weak Chinese data, Afghan and COVID concerns
- Coffee, Sugar Gain With Biggest Crops Under Heat, Dryness Stress
- Fed's Rosengren: Another strong jobs report could support September taper announcement
- U.S. Treasuries' foreign ownership in June rises to highest since Feb 2020
- Gensler Warns of Chinese Company Risks Following SEC Crackdown
- U.S., Taliban in Talks to End Airport Chaos: Afghanistan Update
- Kabul evacuations stall amid runway chaos as criticism mounts over U.S. pullout
General
- Stocks Fall as China Data Sour Mood: Markets Wrap
- Oil prices drop amid faltering demand outlook in China
- There’s growing support within the Fed to announce the tapering of bond purchases in September
- Democrats’ Debt Dare Risks Shutdown Fight With No Easy Way Out
- USDA to permanently boost food stamp benefits by 25 percent
- N.Y. Fed's Empire State manufacturing business index declines in August
- Explainer: Western states face first federal water cuts
- China’s Faltering Economic Recovery Adds to Global Growth Risks
- China's new home price growth slows as speculative curbs bite
- China Squeezes $1.3 Trillion Revenue Earner to Cool Home Prices
- China cbank offers more medium-term loan than expected to cushion economic slowdown
- Official: China’s growth likely to slow due to virus, floods
- China economy under pressure as factory output, retail sales growth slow sharply
- Chinese Officials Take Control of Private Oil Refiner Amid Probe
- Taliban declares 'war is over' as president and diplomats flee Kabul
- Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what’s next
- Fed Officials Weigh Ending Asset Purchases by Mid-2022
- China to ‘respect choices of Afghan people’ following Taliban takeover
Evening
- Stocks, U.S. Futures Slip Amid China, Delta Risks: Markets Wrap
- Stock futures pull back after the Dow and S&P 500 set records
- Asia stocks off to cautious start, eye China data
- Oil falls as Delta surge clouds fuel demand outlook
- China Bonds Face Week of Reckoning as Loans, Key Data Come Due
- Japan's economy rebounds in Q2, COVID clouds outlook
- Taliban sweep into Afghan capital after government collapses
- ‘Game over’: Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans