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Morning Market Brief – 2026-08-21

Oil painting collage of a central banker, cargo ships in stormy seas, and glowing market charts amid global tensions.

Good morning! We are closing out a week in which hawkish signals from central banks collide with hard, often disappointing economic data. Markets are still digesting the details of the Federal Reserve's July meeting, gearing up for next week's Jackson…

Morning Market Brief – 2026-08-18

Oil painting collage of gold bars, an oil tanker in stormy seas, and rising bond yield charts amid market tension.

Good morning! Yesterday, markets were fueled by hopes for a definitive end to the US interest rate hiking cycle amid softening economic data. Today, however, the picture is becoming much more complex. On the one hand, the US central bank…