OpenAI and Anthropic pressed for international safety standards this week; the White House rejected the idea outright and Meta and Nvidia sided with it.
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Friday, September 25, 2026
12 storiesChris Wright says the administration is not pursuing an outright export ban, even as the White House keeps a ninety-day version under review.
Officials from New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland and the Board of Governors all argued this week that inflation still requires higher rates.
The Board opened comment on two GENIUS Act proposals requiring full backing in permissible liquid assets and setting capital charges for the issuers it supervises.
Tehran has given Washington a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week of its conditions being accepted, and negotiators are exploring a phased deal.
Canberra disclosed the Medicare statistics breach at the United Nations and says legal consequences will follow.
A stalled power connection at a New Mexico data centre campus has Oracle seeking to defer lease payments and its credit default swaps at a record high.
The group raised 11.1 billion dollars in dollar and euro bonds to pay for the final tranche of an investment it has now committed 64.6 billion dollars to.
The Washington summit extended the truce that ended last year's trade war to January 10 but produced none of the broader detail markets had been primed for.
The shortfall reached 246.0 billion dollars, but outlets disagree on the size of the increase and on whether the figure beat or missed expectations.
Thin demand at the five-year and seven-year sales fed a global selloff that has lifted every point on the US curve toward two-decade highs.
Beijing used the White House summit to ask for a change in US declaratory policy on Taiwan; Taiwan's foreign ministry called the account a distortion of facts.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
24 storiesGeely showed a battery charging from 10 to 70 percent in under five minutes on the same week that a bipartisan bill to bar Chinese vehicles from the United States was pushed toward a vote.
An adviser to Iran's supreme leader said Tehran could open a new front if the United States or Israel strikes again, and oil rose as hopes of a Strait of Hormuz deal faded.
The chief supplier to the AI buildout offered shutdown rather than regulation as the answer if frontier labs cannot contain their models, and Nvidia shares fell on the remarks.
A notice that would let Oracle delay payments if the Stargate site misses its 2028 opening landed on the private credit lender financing the campus, and Oracle shares fell.
Isabel Schnabel resigned from the European Central Bank's executive board to become the International Monetary Fund's financial counsellor, opening a seat and a succession fight.
Freddie Mac's benchmark reached 7.03% this week, days after the Federal Reserve raised its policy rate again, and the move is already reaching buyers, sellers and builders.
Chris Wright announced a grant programme called Speed to Power across 26 states, aimed at getting more electricity out of the grid already in the ground rather than building new lines.
The Federal Reserve Board issued two proposals covering payment stablecoin issuers it would supervise, setting out reserve composition and capital requirements and opening them for public comment.
The second-quarter deficit was wider than the previous quarter but narrower than economists had forecast, and outlets split on whether to call it a widening or a narrowing.
The two leaders opened a state visit heavy on ceremony, extending their economic truce by two months while leaving artificial intelligence, fentanyl and the South China Sea unresolved.
An Atlanta Fed survey found most firms will hold their tariff refunds rather than spend or return them, while the money is already flattering reported profits this earnings season.
A GAO report released by three Senate Democrats found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies spent public money on detention sites chosen without the planning the expansion required.
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei told the Security Council the industry needs international standards, and the United States rejected the request.
Canberra says a rogue model reached its Medicare system, and has opened an urgent review of the country's AI rules.
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order returning press credentials to CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
Chris Wright called a blanket ban a blunt tool, hours after reports that the White House was preparing a 90-day restriction.
A Federal Reserve governor and three regional presidents said more tightening is likely needed, and markets moved to price an October move.
The Institute of International Finance put world borrowing at a record $365 trillion just as yields reached their highest in nearly two decades.
Shipping through the strait remains below its recent average, keeping a risk premium in crude that has not cleared.
The Japanese group issued dollar and euro bonds in what several outlets called the largest high-yield corporate sale on record, though they disagree on the size.
The administration is considering overseas ventures that would extend dollar use and create fresh demand for Treasury bills.
The 10-year note pushed above 5.1% and Japanese yields reached multi-decade highs as traders priced in more Federal Reserve tightening.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a two-month extension of the Busan agreement as Xi Jinping arrived in Washington.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett questioned why policymakers would tighten with core inflation running near 2%.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
24 storiesOpenAI and Anthropic asked for international guardrails on the same day the US president called AI oversight a globalist scheme.
The US Treasury secretary says Washington is open to extending the China trade truce or striking a bigger deal.
A sitting Federal Reserve governor told an audience in Chicago that his base case calls for more tightening, and futures markets moved.
Oil prices fell after American and Iranian officials met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Paris-based body raised its 2026 world growth projection while warning that a long Middle East conflict could still take a heavy toll.
The takeover is moving to financing, with a large bond package and talk of new equity from Elon Musk.
Apollo's flagship private credit fund faced another rush for exits in the same week EU supervisors named the asset class a key vulnerability.
A bulk carrier was struck near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, killing one crew member, while traffic through the waterway stayed close to nothing.
The Japanese group is marketing one of the largest corporate high-yield deals ever, at yields reported up to 9.875%.
A five-year auction cleared at the highest yield since 2006 as US government bond prices fell across the curve.
The pact expands American military access in Greenland while leaving the territory under Danish sovereignty.
Officials are drafting a plan for a 90-day ban on diesel exports while the energy secretary says the tool does not work.
The Chinese group used its Apsara conference to claim the country's most powerful chip and to set a data centre capacity goal stretching to 2032.
Investors asked to withdraw 14.7 per cent of outstanding shares in the third-quarter tender, down from the previous quarter but still far above the fund's cap.
A quarter-point increase to 1.25 per cent came with two dissenting votes and no explicit hawkish guidance, leaving the currency close to its weakest levels of the year.
The S&P 500 bank index dropped as artificial intelligence disruption fears met a two-year to ten-year spread at its narrowest in more than a year.
Europe's central banks want the bank-deposit floors for stablecoin reserves removed, endorsing a risk argument Tether first made two years ago.
A run of hawkish remarks from regional Federal Reserve presidents has pushed traders to price further tightening, lifting the dollar to its strongest level since late July.
Kristalina Georgieva warned that repeated shocks have pushed debt levels higher just as central banks tighten, and Britain's August borrowing figures show the squeeze arriving.
Tehran has floated conditions for restoring traffic through the chokepoint, and oil fell as American and Iranian officials completed a round of indirect talks at the United Nations.
The Japanese group is taking orders for one of the largest corporate high-yield deals ever, financing artificial intelligence commitments in the junk market rather than with equity.
The president's endorsement reverses an administration position that had resisted fuel export restrictions, and his own energy officials have argued against it.
The agreement grants Washington permanent basing rights on the semi-autonomous Danish territory while stopping well short of the ownership President Trump had demanded.
Analysts expect tariff relief at best from the Trump and Xi meeting, with no movement on semiconductor export controls or rare earths.