Trump approval rating hits 40%: why low mark is good news for president

Army secretary expected to step down by year’s end'- wsj

Us business growth hits 52-month highs

Investors build a barbell: big tech on one end, short-term bonds on the other

U.S. baker hughes oil rig count -3 to 452 vs 456 est.; U.S. baker hughes natgas rig count -1 to 127; U.S. baker hughes total rig count 589 vs 593 prior

U.S. intends to pay $725m towards its u.n. debt' - reuters exclusive, citing congressional document

Bond buyback is simply a band-aid for $40t us debt

Ai cloud firm nscale is said to seek up to $3 billion in us ipo' - bloomberg

Bz analysis: gold surged above $4,600 an ounce on friday and is up more than 14% in august, putting it on track for its biggest monthly gain since 1999

The U.S. department of state has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the government of norway for uh-60m black hawk helicopters and related equipment

Meeting between canadian minister in charge of U.S. trade ties and U.S. tr greer has been pushed back to 11

Philadelphia factory optimism hits 43-year highs

Ubs sees s&p 500 at 8,100 but prediction markets don't buy it

Trump admin taps former jpmorgan chase exec matt zames to advise social security agency' - cnbc

USA s&p global composite pmi for august 56.0 vs 54.5 prior

USA s&p global services pmi for august 56.8  vs 53.9 est

USA s&p global manufacturing pmi for august 53.2 vs 54.0 est.

Canada minister responsible for U.S. trade to meet with U.S. trade representative greer today at 10

Deepseek rolls out v4-flash-vision-exp

Jim cramer says stocks and the economy are telling two very different stories

Trump’s bond buyback push puts kevin warsh in a tough spot — peter schiff says treasury ‘pulled the rug out from under’

Reported earlier, 'iranian oil supply to chinese refiners squeezed by us blockade' - bloomberg

Deepseek announced experimental multimodal model deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp is now live on api platform

Stock market today: dow jones, s&p 500 futures gain as scott bessent touts 'toughest sanctions' for iran—ross stores, strategy, flowers foods in focus

Stock market: will s&p 500 open up or down today?

White house says president trump signed a national security presidential memorandum to reinvigorate america’s leadership in space transportation and enable over 1,000 launches and reentries on american soil annually by 2030

Quick spark: dow falls 700 points, nasdaq drops 1% as yields rise again

Canadian minister in charge of U.S. trade ties says canada and U.S. are continuing to hold talks on a possible deal; canada and U.S. are very close to a deal, we are continuing to make progress; says we will stay here until we have details of a deal worked out

Epa, in consultation with doe, expands gasoline supply to lower prices at the pump

Walmart's outlook signals cautious spending ahead; treasury euphoria fades; samsung soars; bitcoin shorts crushed

China exports to us rise of rare earth critical to aerospace sector' - reuters

Dod memo pushes for more contractor pricing info, potential direct software link' - breaking defense

Fed's mUSAlem, on cnbc, says earlier, gradual interest rate increases are preferable and less disruptive; won't offer firm view on what he wants fed to do at september fomc; won't prejudge upcoming fomc meeting

Fed's mUSAlem, on cnbc, says forward guidance is useful when rates are at zero; forward guidance suggests committment, communicating a framework is different; when you have supply shocks you have to look at core inflation

Fed's mUSAlem speaking on cnbc says productivity is seeing a recovery

Fed's mUSAlem speaking on cnbc says hiking rates now could save more aggressive action later

Fed's mUSAlem speaking on cnbc says underlying inflation is between 2.5% and 3%, too high and must be lowered

Fed's mUSAlem speaking on cnbc says monetary policy is neutral or accommodative right now and financial conditions are pretty accommodative

Fed's mUSAlem says strong growth and investment are influencing the bond market; says fed credibility is not in question and fed is focused on keeping monetary policy independent of fiscal policy

U.S. treasury secretary, to reporters, says have been tasked along with omb at tackling fiscal consolidation

Trump administration to back us minerals projects with $500 million in grants' - reuters exclusive

Treasury secretary bessent speaking on cnbc says treasury will see what bond market conditions are and whether more action is needed

Treasury secretary bessent speaking on cnbc says markets point to lower inflation in future, dollar has been stable and us continues to have a strong dollar policy

U.S. treasury secretary bessent, on cnbc, on whether iran actions will include china says some conversations better to be private

U.S. treasury secretary bessent, on cnbc, speaking on iran says maximum economic pressure means likely not a kinetic restart; oil markets misinterpreting what economic pressure means; will be coordinated economic isolation; if countries insist on doing business with tehran, U.S. will enforce actions against them; actions will curtail iran's ability to take action through proxies; going to have the toughest sanctions in history; we are going to collapse this regime

Treasury secretary bessent speaking on cnbc says markets got a little ahead of themselves; says treasury and fed would work together on any balance sheet change, rates have nothing to do with buyback decision

Treasury secretary bessent speaking on cnbc says yields don't represent underlying fundamentals

Treasury secretary bessent speaking on cnbc says very good chance peak deficit has been seen, expects 2026 tariff income similar to 2025

Quick spark: spy gets $1.9b boost in one day as qqq, gld and soxl see outflows

Us leading index (mom) for july 0.2% vs 0.1% est.