Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Yonhapinfomax, on August 20 (U.S. Eastern Time), December gold futures on COMEX rose $31.90, or 0.70%, to $4,577.20 per troy ounce in afternoon trading. The advance followed a selloff in the prior session but recovered after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besent signaled potential

U.S. spot crypto exchange-traded funds attracted $706 million on Wednesday, led by bitcoin ETFs pulling in $517.19 million — the strongest daily inflow since May 4. Bitcoin crossed $70,000 while ether moved above $2,000, driving institutional demand across both asset classes. Ether ETFs

According to the Federal Reserve, Chair Jerome Powell will address the Jackson Hole Global Central Bank Conference on August 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, today the department purchased only $1.86 billion of Treasury securities with maturities between 3 and 5 years in a buyback auction, significantly below its maximum target of $4 billion. The auction received $10.159 billion in sell orders, but the Treasury

Ethereum surged approximately 20% in the last 24 hours, climbing above the $2,300 level following Bitcoin's strong movement in the cryptocurrency market. The rise was driven by increased overall market risk appetite and strong inflows into Ethereum ETFs. Real Vision analyst Jamie Coutts noted that E

According to Yonhap News, U.S. stock indices closed lower on August 20 (U.S. Eastern time). The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 703.84 points (1.32%) to 52,759.21, the S&P 500 declined 66.82 points (0.87%) to 7,641.16, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 263.92 points (1.00%) to 26,067.17. The declin

On Thursday, Aug 20, U.S. equity and asset class ETFs declined broadly, with the Russell 2000 index ETF and Dow ETF leading losses at approximately 1.34% and 1.27% respectively. The S&P 500 ETF, U.S. 20+ year Treasury ETF, and Nasdaq 100 ETF each fell up to 0.84%. Conversely, emerging market ETF

According to ChainCatcher, Broadcom is seeking over $60 billion in AI debt financing in the latest transaction.

According to Yonhapnews, international oil prices surged on August 20 as the U.S. reiterated its policy of intensified economic pressure on Iran. On the ICE Futures Exchange, October delivery Brent crude futures closed at $93.78 per barrel, up 2.36% from the previous session. September delivery

On Thursday, August 20, U.S. sector ETFs declined broadly, with biotech ETFs falling 2.83% and global aviation ETFs dropping 2.17%. Semiconductor ETFs rose 0.31%, the strongest performer among tracked sectors.

On Thursday, August 20, the Bloomberg EV Price Return Index rose 0.41% to close at 3,453.01 points. The index surged to a daily high of 3,484.50 points during Asia-Pacific morning trading at 10:06 AM Beijing time before gradually

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the region's manufacturing activity index rose to 47.4 in August, up 6.0 points from the previous month and marking the highest level in over 5 years. The figure far exceeded market expectations of 25.0, more than doubling the forecast. The inde

China-focused stocks declined today, with the Nasdaq Golden Dragon Index falling 1.15%. Among major Chinese equities, NetEase dropped 5.7%, New Oriental fell 3.3%, while Tencent and Pinduoduo each declined 0.8%. Alibaba gained 0.9%, and MediaTek rose 2.3%. The Nasdaq-100 China Tech ETF (KWEB) fell 1

According to Jin10 data, on August 20, the U.S. dollar index rose 0.06%, closing at 98.894 in the forex market. EUR/USD moved to 1.1676 from 1.1674 the previous day, while GBP/USD advanced to 1.3628 from 1.3607. USD/JPY climbed to 159.14 from 158.32, reflecting continued dollar strength against

On Thursday (August 20), the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 4.35 basis points to 4.6902% by New York close. Treasury Secretary Bessent's remarks on potential buyback increases above $4 billion triggered a V-shaped reversal, pushing yields to 4.7120% intraday; yields have since stabilized near the

U.S. Treasury yields climbed sharply in 2026, with the 30-year Treasury yield recently moving above 5.2% and the 10-year yield remaining around 4.7%. The selloff reflects a mix of rising government debt, persistent inflation concerns, heavy bond issuance and weaker demand for long-dated U.S. debt. T

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Oracle issued nearly $223 billion in bonds as of August 20, according to LSEG. The issuance surge, more than double the amount seen in all of 2025, aims to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout. Krishna Guha, head of economics and central bank

According to LSEG, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Oracle have issued $223 billion in bonds as of August 20, 2026, more than double the amount raised throughout all of 2025. The surge reflects hyperscalers' increasing capital needs to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout.

Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced on Thursday that its Gemma family of open AI models surpassed one billion downloads, with developers publishing more than 100,000 model variants over the past two years. The milestone reflects adoption across applications including healthcare, space-based image