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Market
Global Markets on Aug 24: Gold Hits Three-Month High as Investors Brace for Jackson Hole
During European and US trading on August 22, spot gold in London touched USD 4,648.30/oz, the highest level since May 2026. It settled in New York at USD 4,639.50/oz, up about 4.2% for the week. COMEX
Global Markets on August 23: Gold Nears $4,650 as Markets Position Cautiously Ahead of Jackson Hole
During European and US trading on August 22, spot gold reached an intraday high of $4,648.30 per ounce, a step away from the $4,650 mark, and settled at $4,639.50 in New York, up roughly 5.9% for the
Global Markets on August 22: Gold Reclaims $4,600 as Markets Await Jackson Hole
On August 21, spot gold climbed back above the $4,600 per ounce level for the first time in three months, settling at $4,604.99. For the week, gold advanced 5.22%, while COMEX gold futures rose 5.05%
Industry
First Global Solid-State Battery Standard Proposed by China; AI Power and Energy Storage Chain Gain Triple Catalysts
On August 24, China's Standardization Administration announced that the international standard proposal "Secondary Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicle Propulsion: Application Guide, Test Items
AI Power Demand Forces Energy Build-Out: AIDC Storage and Nuclear Power Become the New Industry Frontier
While the industry still frets over GPU shortages, the real bottleneck has quietly shifted to electricity. Multiple research institutions estimate that a single hyperscale AI data center can exceed 1
AIDC Energy Storage: The 'Power Bank' Behind the AI Compute Surge
Generative artificial intelligence and large-model training are pushing global data-center electricity consumption to unprecedented levels. A typical AI training cluster can consume dozens of times mo
Policy
Jackson Hole 2026: Fed Chair Warsh's Debut and a New Window for Global Asset Allocation
On August 28, 2026, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered his inaugural keynote at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. With sticky inflation and a cooling labor market, markets are watching closely for clues on the Fed's September rate decision.
China's August LPR Unchanged for 15th Month; New Stimulus Expected Around End-Q3
The People's Bank of China authorized the National Interbank Funding Center to announce the loan prime rates on August 20, 2026: the one-year LPR at 3.0% and the over-five-year LPR at 3.5%, both uncha
Stabilization Stance Continues: LPR Held Steady as Monetary Policy Front-Loads Support for Growth
On August 20, the People's Bank of China authorized the National Interbank Funding Center to publish the latest LPR: the 1-year LPR at 3.00% and the over-5-year LPR at 3.50%, both unchanged from the p
Features
US Treasury Yields and the Dollar Decouple: Asset Pricing Under Fiscal Dominance
Since August 2026, global markets have displayed a striking anomaly: the 10-year US Treasury yield has hovered near 4.7%, close to a 19-month high; the 30-year yield has briefly risen above 5%, the hi
Is the Age of Fiscal Dominance Upon Us? The US Debt Supply Surge and the Repricing of Dollar Credit
For a long time, the modern monetary framework assumed an independent central bank setting policy while the fiscal side balanced its books — that is, "monetary dominance." Today, however, the US feder
The Era of U.S. Treasury 'Fiscal Dominance': How Elevated Yields Are Reshaping Global Asset Pricing
One of the most consequential developments in U.S. financial markets in mid-August was the Treasury Department’s decision to at least double the size of its buyback operations for longer-dated governm
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