Pentagon is in talks with venezuelan mogul for massive oil deal' - bloomberg

Iran's president pezeshkian says iran's exports and imports have decreased by up to 35% because of U.S. sanctions and blockade

Hegseth weighs summoning top military leaders to quantico for second time' - wsj exclusive

Gold, bitcoin sink: september rate hike odds jump to 60% after warsh's hawkish speech

Update: the U.S. court of appeals for the ninth circuit said it disagreed with a prediction market company’s overly broad reading of federal commodity law, affirming a lower court ruling to dissolve an injunction against cracking down on its sports offerings

Update: kcra 3 news network reports "california lawmakers block newsom's push to prevent insurance companies from suing utilities that cause wildfires"

U.S. baker hughes oil rig count -5 to 447 vs 454 est.; U.S. baker hughes natgas rig count +5 to 132; U.S. baker hughes total rig count 588 vs 588 prior

On cnbc, fed's goolsbee says doesn't think fed and treasury are at cross purposes

Live on cnbc, fed's goolsbee says agrees inflation is fed's main issue right now; pretty clear that inflation from overheated demand is hard to address; inflation has continued for longer than expected; says was ok with holding rates steady at july fomc; doesn't have strong opinion about number of fomc meetings; says i’m fine with waiting and seeing if inflation is beginning to head back to 2%

Live on cnbc, fed's goolsbee says agreed with a lot of the details chairman warsh talked about on the economy

World health organization director general determined that the ebola epidemic in drc still meets criteria of public health emergency of international concern, but not those of a pandemic emergency

U.S. secretary of the treasury bessent sends letter to senator warren saying U.S. treasury exchanged existing exchange stabilization fund foreign-currency assets for yen

Fed funds futures now price a september rate hike as more likely than a hold

Canada government extends temporary border requirements for another 30 days to curb ebola outbreak

Fed chair warsh says must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective at sufficient speed, otherwise; while this summer's inflation readings were better than expected, they do not tell me that underlying; fed's predominant focus right now should be on prices; on price stability side of mandate, numbers are more concerning; labor markets quite stable; main street and wall street have been remarkably resilient; role of forward guidance should be limited; potential for substantially highe

USA payrolls benchmark, n.s.a. -79.00k vs -862.00k prior

Michigan consumer expectations for august 51.5 vs 50.6 est.

Michigan consumer sentiment for august 51.7 vs 51.0 est.

Chicago pmi for august 47.1 vs 57.9 est.

Chevron, other U.S. firms near deal to invest billions in venezuelan oil fields'- wsj

Fed's hammack, on bloomberg, interest rates are fed's most easily understood tool

Fed's hammack, on bloomberg, says inflation will end year around 3%, not meeting target; does not see restricive financial conditions; it's time for fed to act with rate hikes, waiting will create pain; communicating fed issues to public is part of the job; markets complement the fed but aren't substitute for fed; fed credibility depends on delivering on dual mandate; there is not much restriction in the economy right now

Trump says on truth social he is authorizing legal documents to be drawn to give farmers and ranchers the right to process their own food

China's financial regulators extends mortgage term from 30 to 40 years' - tmtpost

It’s not the same dollar”: the big lie behind the stock market rally

S&p 500 outlook: september is the 'worst month of the year' but ryan detrick says 2026 could defy the odds

Stock market today: s&p 500, nasdaq 100 futures slip ahead of kevin warsh's jackson hole speech — mrvl, pypl, iren, gap in focus

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

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