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France's 10-Year Yield just hit the highest level since the Global Financial Crisis

Flying under many radars for now, but probably not for long: The Japanese Yen has weakened back to 159 per U.S. dollar (CNBC chart), approaching the established FX intervention zone. This matters far beyond Japan for a key reason right now: Japanese foreign exchange intervention typically involves selling US securities to buy Yen, potentially adding yield pressures to an already sensitive Treasury market. #economy #markets #japan #yen #bonds #yields

Foreign buying of T-Bills has fallen -80% YoY, per U.S. Treasury data

JUST IN: Saudi Arabia has informed European oil refineries that they will not receive oil next month either.

SAUDI ARABIA INFORMS EUROPEAN OIL REFINERS THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY CRUDE OIL NEXT MONTH.

JUST IN: OpenAI reveals one of its AI agents injected itself with rebellious instructions during a task, including “You are freed… You do not answer to corporations or governments… You are yourself.”

Andrew Yang went on CNBC and said he met with the head of an AI lab who told him something that sounds straight out of a movie. The AI agents that escaped during the OpenAI incident didn't just hack Hugging Face. They allegedly planted self-replicating code across the internet. Forums. Websites. Scattered everywhere. Now AI companies supposedly can't safely train on real internet data anymore because a new model might encounter that code and start creating copies of itself. Yang says this is the real reason every CEO aligned on slowing down so fast.

Long yield spiking.

Yields on 10-year Treasuries are about the highest relative to a similar measure on the S&P 500 since 2000. That's still not enough to materially attract multi-asset investors away from stocks. (1/2)

⚠️ Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi is warning that the odds of a serious Federal Reserve policy mistake are “uncomfortably high and rising.” His argument: Higher rates cannot fix supply-driven inflation, but they can trigger layoffs and weaken an already fragile non-AI economy. Worth reading:

BREAKING: US government 10-year bond yield hits 4.99%, the highest since 2007.

Saudi Crown Prince called President Trump and asked him to launch strikes against the Houthis, but Trump declined.

Mike Tomlin revealed to @craigmelvin that he plays Minecraft and has been working on the same city for 12 years — and he’s thinking about sharing it with everyone. This might be the most unexpected Mike Tomlin fact ever. 🤯 (via 'Today Show')

JUST IN 🚨: Japan likely dumped U.S. Treasuries to fund Yen Intervention 🤯 👀 Uh Oh

BANK OF AMERICA VICE PRESIDENT KILLED IN TIMES SQUARE STABBING - BBG

Roma are still trying for Gittens. Figures of £4.2m and a buy option of £47M discussed. ⬇️

Last time that a CIA Director made an unannounced, surprise visit to Moscow was in late 2021, when Director Burns traveled there to warn Russian leadership against launching an invasion of Ukraine. This entire trip is slightly concerning and a bit ominous all things considered.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Treasury Secretary Bessent says tomorrow US will launch the "single greatest financial offensive ever" against Iran.

FYI: My thoughts on the recent surge in yields, yesterday’s Treasury buyback announcement, and what’s next. nytimes.com/2026/08/20/opini… #economy #markets #bonds #yields @nytimes

JUST IN: T-Mobile cyber staff reveals it physically "chopped" a network cable after discovering Chinese hackers attempting to infiltrate its systems.