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Trump finds tamping down costs to be tricky

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Italian bank turns the M&A tables with $40 billion bid

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Was the Treasury 's market intervention worth it?

A line chart that tracks the yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond. The plotted values range from 5.1932% to 5.2725%, while the full series spans 5.1744% to 5.2868%. Yields dip from 5.2725% to 5.1932% on Aug. 19, 2026, then edge up to 5.2424% on Aug. 20.

Yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond

Data: FactSet; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios

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Oil markets are tuning out Trump's "truths"

A plot showing Brent crude price changes after Donald Trump's posts mentioning Iran. Each post is a dot, sized to show the absolute percentage change in the average price of Brent crude in the five minutes before and after the post was made. For posts after market hours, it shows the difference in the five minutes before the prior close and the five minutes after the next open. In general, the number of exceptionally market-moving posts has gone down over time. 

Brent crude price changes after Donald Trump's posts mentioning Iran

Data: Roll Call, Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

America's capital crunch: Soaring debt collides with AI spending spree

Closer

Axios Closer

Walmart posts worst comparable sales performance in six years

The U.S. might miss its foreign Treasury buyers

A line chart that tracks the monthly share of U.S. Treasury securities held by foreign official entities from December 2000 to June 2026. The share rose from 20.53% to a peak of 40.69% in June 2008, then declined steadily to a low of 12.15% in June 2026.

Share of U.S. Treasuries held by foreign official entities

Data: FactSet, U.S. Treasury Department; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios

Memory giant SK Hynix's mega buyback

A line chart that tracks SK Hynixâs daily closing price from Aug. 19, 2016, to Aug. 19, 2026. The price rises from 35,400 KRW on Aug. 19, 2016, to 102,500 on Aug. 19, 2021, and 1,500,000 on Aug. 19, 2026. The minimum is 35,400; the maximum is 2,919,000.

SK Hynix daily closing price, in millions of KRW

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Moderna and Merck shares soar on mRNA cancer vaccine

Fed officials warned rate hikes may be needed if inflation stays high

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