President trump on truth social says effective september 2nd, ben moss will become assistant to president and white house staff secretary

Us bank regulators to narrow enforcement focus to financial risks' - financial times

Trump family’s new crypto bank is backed by abu dhabi sheikh' - wall street journal

Iran's security chief rezaei, according to interpreter, says allegations of iranian plot to assassinate trump's son are a lie

Bz analysis: U.S. corporate profits surged 22.8% yoy in q2 2026 to a record $4.8t, marking the largest annual increase since q4 2021

Bz analysis: foreigners have purchased more than $800b worth of U.S. stocks over the last year, their largest investment on record

Reported earlier "us expanding long-range commercial drone testing program" - bloomberg news

Live on fox business, fed's hammack says the job market is broadly in balance; latest inflation data in line with expectations; fed policy needs to be restrictive; expects slow progress on inflation, should end year around 3%; next year inflation might ease to around 2.5% 'at best'; goes into every fed meeting with an open mind; says open minded about cadence of fed meeting schedules

U.S. close to striking "massive" deal for venezuelan oil fields' - axios

Nvidia's unusual move answers ai trade’s key question; $40 trillion us debt bomb ticks; key fed speech awaited

Faa found laguardia air-traffic controllers left work early before deadly collision; aviation officials are conducting a broader review of alleged timecard fraud among air-traffic controllers, known as ‘early shoves’" - wsj exclusive

Trump administration executive order for new ai regulator stalls' - the information

President trump met with energy, epa and agriculture secretaries on wednesday and discussed pending applications for refiner exemptions from U.S. biofuel laws

President trump discloses june 2026 trades involving 1,051 transactions

Quick spark: $3.8b spy exodus meets $3.7b qqq inflow in one day

Kc fed composite index for august 10 vs 9 prior

Live on cnbc, fed's hammack says contacts are very worried about state of inflation and cost of living; is worried inflationary mindset may be starting to form; neutral monetary policy is something you know when you see; believes neutral rate is higher side relative to other fed officials; accountablity means talking about economy and providing information to public; treasury has its own objectives, fed operates independently for its own goals

Live on cnbc, fed's hammack says most recent inflation number was as expected; now is time to act given persistence of inflation; does not see fed policy providing restriction for economy; appropriate for fed to act to lower inflation; above target has been persistent amid questions of how shocks will play out; says the main worry is that public will lose confidence inflation will return to 2%

Republican efforts to prosecute fauci for contempt are hitting a wall; some administration officials are skeptical whether the current approach is procedurally sound enough to indict the retired public health official' - wsj exclusive

Live on cnbc, california attorney general rob bonta says "we're suing tiktok now"; says we have communications with snap about these issues as well, and we are very interested in youtube

Spacex’s musk, david sacks to join altman, huang at g20 event' - bloomberg news

Fed's goolsbee says in podcast interview that three-month inflation 'doesn't look terrible'; biggest short run fear is that inflation isn't under control; economy on balance has been stable; the current low hire, low fire job market is unusual

White house press secretary leavitt says in fox news interview that no new iran negotiations are taking place

USA initial jobless claims  revises prior from 206k to 207k

USA initial jobless claims 203k vs 208k est.

USA continuing jobless claims 1,778k vs 1,790k est.

USA retail inventories ex auto for july 0.7% vs. -0.5% prior

USA goods trade balance for july -$118.80b vs -$100.80b est.

Fed's goolsbee says political pressure on fed 'puts me on edge,' says political interference on central banks generally leads to inflation

Fed's schmid says in cnbc interview that the energy shock is leaking into the economy; there may be room to have fewer fed meetings; will take time to change fed's balance sheet

Fed's schmid speaking on cnbc says inflation is stubborn and sticky, fed needs more information

40 trillion us debt is 72 times mount everest in cash: market strategist says the number looks ‘scary’ until you see how much americans own

Reported earlier, trump administration weighing new round of sweeping tariffs on semiconductors - politico exclusive

Reported august 26, 'cia chief’s surprise moscow trip was to warn russia not to attack nato' - wsj exclusive

3 paths that could push the s&p 500 up to 39%

Bloomberg reported earlier meta’s teen safeguards on facebook, instagram apply only to us users

Stock market today: s&p 500, nasdaq 100 futures gain, while dow slips following nvda blockbuster q2 report— crm, crwd, hpq in focus

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

Trump's top trade negotiator disputes canadian assertion that U.S. made last-minute demands'- cbc news

White house says president trump signed a proclamation to temporarily increase the quantity of lean beef trimmings that are imported with no above-quota tariff to ensure affordable beef for american consumers in light of current supply challenges

Trump signs order to ban some foreign energy equipment from grid' - bloomberg

U.S. lawmakers seek investigation into transportation department failure to ensure privacy of airline passengers

The fed faces a dangerous choice for investors

White house to announce new drug pricing deals with biotechs' - bloomberg

Putin moves to escalate war in ukraine with talks at dead end' - bloomberg

Banks fought against stablecoins. now they are considering launching their own; executives are on defensive as companies outside of banking system launch coins" - wsj exclusive

Secretary brooke rollins posts on x "big day ahead for american fertilizer. headed to louisiana, where we will break ground on two major projects bringing critical fertilizer production back to american soil. more american investment. more american production. lower costs and stronger supply chains for american farmers. stay tuned."

Eia weekly distillates stocks 2.228m barrel draw vs 1.700m barrel draw est.

USA gasoline inventories 2.536m barrel draw vs 1.000m barrel draw est.

USA crude oil inventories 0.095m barrel build vs 1.600m barrel build est.