2026-08-21
4 分钟The Economist.
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Yields on American 30-year treasuries climbed on Thursday.
The move reversed some of Wednesday's decline,
which occurred after Scott Besant, America's Treasury Secretary, promised to buy back more long-term bonds.
Quote, anything that happens within a 24-hour period is noise, Mr Besant said in response.
Investors remained concerned about inflation and government debt,
which this week exceeded $40 trillion for the first time.
The Trump administration announced new sanctions on nine mining
and construction organizations linked to or part of Cuba's government.
It also imposed sanctions on three leaders of Cuba's Institute of Friendship with the peoples,
a group that America claims seek to infiltrate, corrupt and radicalize Americans.
Separate American sanctions announced this year, as well as a blockade on fuel, have crippled Cuba's economy.
The USS Abraham Lincoln left the Middle East.
The American aircraft carrier's deployment began in November, three months before the beginning of the Iran war.
In recent weeks, media have reported that morale is poor and food has been in short supply.
Several sailors apparently attempted to jump overboard.
The Trump administration said the vessel's conditions had been misrepresented.
The USS George Washington has replaced it.
Walmart, America's biggest retailer, posted its lowest quarterly sales growth in more than six years.