Bessent Flags Bigger Debt Buyback; Japan’s Inflation Picks Up | The Asia Trade 8/21/2026
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00:00:00 – Bloomberg: The Asia Trade begins
00:02:30 – US stocks, bonds fall as ‘Bessent put’ relief fades
00:06:47 – Sources: Anthropic expects to match or top SpaceX IPO
00:11:04 – Alibaba 1Q profit dives 75%
00:17:26 – Montis Financial CIO Dennis Follmer on markets outlook
00:24:14 – BREAKING: Japan July core CPI +1.8% Y/Y
00:26:09 – Former New York Fed President Bill Dudley on stock market bubble
00:29:15 – Asian stocks set to fall as bonds resume decline
00:35:54 – BREAKING: Samsung said to plan up to $79B in shareholder returns
00:40:02 – San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly on bond selloff, Fed policy
00:44:10 – Australia housing downturn drives earnings winners, losers
00:47:25 – Markets open in Japan, South Korea and Australia
00:50:58 – Ten Cap’s Jun Bei Liu on markets strategy
01:00:26 – Broadcom seeks more than $60B in latest AI debt deal
01:05:36 – Samsung, SK Hynix plan record shareholder returns
01:13:08 – BREAKING: S&P Global Japan Aug. factory PMI 55.1
01:15:39 – Japan’s inflation accelerates, backing BOJ’s case for rate hike
01:18:27 – Hua Hong, Kingboard, Zijin Gold may join Hang Seng Index
01:20:31 – Arete Research’s Shawn Yang on Alibaba earnings
01:33:05 – Humanoid evolution at World Robot Conference
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