2026-08-19
4 分钟The Economist.
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Yields on American 30-year treasuries briefly rose above 5.3% to their highest
level since 2007 because of growing fears about inflation, the country's $40 trillion debt and rising oil prices.
Government borrowing costs also jumped in Britain and Japan and hit multi-year highs in France and Germany.
America's Nasdaq fell by 1.3% because investors sold shares of chipmakers.
The United Arab Emirates said Iran fired two ballistic missiles towards it, both of which fell into the sea.
The UAE said it remains on high alert.
Earlier, Donald Trump insisted that no talks are scheduled with Iran's regime
and claimed that the Strait of Hormuz is open.
Mohammed Bager Galibaf, Iran's parliamentary speaker, called members of the Trump administration a, quote, clown crew.
China's foreign ministry will visit Seoul on Wednesday,
as South Korea's president seeks a formal end to the war with North Korea, China's ally.
The conflict has been frozen since the 1950s.
On Sunday, Mr Trump said America would scale back military exercises
with the South and called Kim Jong-un, the North's dictator, unthreatening and respectful.
American and South Korean politicians expressed alarm at his comments.
Disney sued America's Federal Communications Commission over the regulators' treatment of ABC, its TV network.
Brendan Carr, the FCC's boss, insists
that a review of ABC's licenses is linked to an investigation into its diversity policies.