US stock market news — Thursday, August 20, 2026 | BORSA

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Macro9:20 PM ET

Gold overtakes US Treasuries as top central-bank reserve asset, 26.3% vs 20.2%bearish 30 · impact 60

Macro9:19 PM ET

US strategic oil reserve falls to 293.4 million barrels, lowest since 1982bearish 30 · impact 70

Macro8:13 PM ET

US private credit stress deepens: BDC non-accrual loans at highest since 2017bearish 35 · impact 30

Macro3:59 PM ET

Women now hold 176,000 more U.S. payroll jobs than men, reversing a gap that favored men by nearly 7 million jobs in the 1990s. — WSJneutral 50 · impact 20

Macro3:07 PM ET

Bessent: new fiscal-consolidation plan coming, Treasury's 'big toolkit' to address bond yields and deficit pressuresbearish 30 · impact 60

Macro1:01 PM ET

US 30-year TIPS auction yields 2.973%, bid-to-cover 2.82neutral 50 · impact 30

Macro12:28 PM ET

China semiconductor equipment imports rose 9% in July, Barclays sees further growthbullish 65 · impact 35

Macro11:34 AM ET

Fed's Musalem: Some parts of economy seeing credit crowded outbearish 35 · impact 30

Macro11:30 AM ET

Fed's Musalem: public's top concern is inflationbearish 40 · impact 20

Macro11:28 AM ET

US Treasury Secretary Bessent urges world to focus on growth,: lack of growth is main threat to financial stabilitybullish 65 · impact 40

Macro11:21 AM ET

Bessent suggests companies could issue more 5-year debtneutral 50 · impact 20

Macro11:08 AM ET

Bessent: Rates not a factor in buyback decision, Treasury would adjust to Fed runoffneutral 50 · impact 30

Macro11:08 AM ET

Treasury and Fed would coordinate on any balance sheet change, Bessent saysneutral 50 · impact 30

Macro11:02 AM ET

US Treasury: 2-year auction yield between 4.375% and 4.499% could trigger unscheduled 5-year reopeningneutral 50 · impact 40

Macro11:01 AM ET

Switzerland and China expand free trade deal, 99.8% of Swiss exports now duty-freeneutral 50 · impact 40

Macro10:40 AM ET

Goldman Sachs sees AI infrastructure spending rising to $1.64T by 2031bullish 65 · impact 30

Macro8:37 AM ET

Daly: Not seeing more worrying inflation, but Fed missing goal by quite a bitneutral 50 · impact 40

Macro7:37 AM ET

AI capex delivering largest GDP boost in history, Bloomberg reportsbullish 65 · impact 40