Scored 216 articles from 86 feeds; 15 included in digest.
Run ID: run-1787168149860
Generated: August 19, 2026 at 03:50 PM ET
Summaries: claude-sonnet-4-6; enrichment 15/15 succeeded
| Source | Type | Included | Scored | 28d Digest Rate | 28d Avg Score | 28d Hotlist Hit | 7d Article Age | 28d Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomberg Markets | news | 3 | 18 | 17% | 0.27 | 1% | 2.5h | Stable |
| MyFT | news | 3 | 16 | 21% | 0.26 | 1% | 3.7h | Stable |
| NYT front page | news | 2 | 22 | 6% | 0.08 | 0% | 5.7h | Stable |
| WSJ Social Economy | news | 2 | 5 | 56% | 0.44 | 0% | 5.7h | Stable |
| WSJ US Business | news | 1 | 17 | 6% | 0.11 | 0% | 9.4h | Stable |
| Seeking Alpha News | commentary | 1 | 7 | 16% | 0.12 | 0% | 1.1h | Stable |
| Economist: Finance & Economics | news | 1 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 3.1h | Collecting |
| FRB Press Releases | policy_release | 1 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 4.9h | Collecting |
| FRBNY Liberty Street | policy_release | 1 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 8.9h | Collecting |
| Guardian | news | 0 | 25 | 4% | 0.06 | 0% | 8.6h | Stable |
| Hacker News | commentary | 0 | 24 | 2% | 0.05 | 0% | 8.7h | Stable |
| Tom’s Hardware | news | 0 | 22 | 2% | 0.07 | 1% | 8.7h | Stable |
| ZD Net | news | 0 | 12 | 0% | 0.04 | 0% | 6.7h | Stable |
| Futurism | news | 0 | 7 | 5% | 0.08 | 0% | 5.6h | Stable |
| WSJ Tech | news | 0 | 6 | 10% | 0.11 | 0% | 7.6h | Stable |
| Ars Technical All News | news | 0 | 5 | 2% | 0.08 | 1% | 9.6h | Stable |
| Economist: Sci & Tech | news | 0 | 4 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 7.5h | Collecting |
| The Atlantic | news | 0 | 4 | 1% | 0.06 | 0% | 9.3h | Stable |
| FT Alphaville | news | 0 | 3 | ~14% | ~0.24 | ~0% | 3.0h | Low sample |
| MIT Research General | research | 0 | 2 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 4.8h | Collecting |
| a16z | other | 0 | 2 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 6.1h | Collecting |
| Ars Technica All Features | news | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 8.8h | Collecting |
| CFTC Enforcement | policy_release | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | No recent data | Collecting |
| CFTC General | policy_release | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 6.9h | Collecting |
| Dan Davies Substack | official_speech | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 6.6h | Collecting |
| Debt Serious | commentary | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 10.3h | Collecting |
| Derek Thompson | commentary | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 1.4h | Collecting |
| Economist: Business | news | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 6.7h | Collecting |
| El Reg Offbeat | news | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 9.3h | Collecting |
| Fintech Biz Weekly | news | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 6.7h | Collecting |
| MIT Business Research | research | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 3.7h | Collecting |
| NYT Economy | news | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 4.7h | Collecting |
| Next Event Horizon Substack | news | 0 | 1 | Collecting data | Collecting data | Collecting data | 7.1h | Collecting |
Source: Bloomberg Markets
Type: news
Included: 3
Scored: 18
28d Digest Rate: 17%
28d Avg Score: 0.27
28d Hotlist Hit: 1%
7d Article Age: 2.5h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: MyFT
Type: news
Included: 3
Scored: 16
28d Digest Rate: 21%
28d Avg Score: 0.26
28d Hotlist Hit: 1%
7d Article Age: 3.7h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: NYT front page
Type: news
Included: 2
Scored: 22
28d Digest Rate: 6%
28d Avg Score: 0.08
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 5.7h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: WSJ Social Economy
Type: news
Included: 2
Scored: 5
28d Digest Rate: 56%
28d Avg Score: 0.44
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 5.7h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: WSJ US Business
Type: news
Included: 1
Scored: 17
28d Digest Rate: 6%
28d Avg Score: 0.11
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 9.4h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: Seeking Alpha News
Type: commentary
Included: 1
Scored: 7
28d Digest Rate: 16%
28d Avg Score: 0.12
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 1.1h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: Economist: Finance & Economics
Type: news
Included: 1
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 3.1h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: FRB Press Releases
Type: policy_release
Included: 1
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 4.9h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: FRBNY Liberty Street
Type: policy_release
Included: 1
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 8.9h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: Guardian
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 25
28d Digest Rate: 4%
28d Avg Score: 0.06
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 8.6h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: Hacker News
Type: commentary
Included: 0
Scored: 24
28d Digest Rate: 2%
28d Avg Score: 0.05
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 8.7h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: Tom’s Hardware
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 22
28d Digest Rate: 2%
28d Avg Score: 0.07
28d Hotlist Hit: 1%
7d Article Age: 8.7h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: ZD Net
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 12
28d Digest Rate: 0%
28d Avg Score: 0.04
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 6.7h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: Futurism
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 7
28d Digest Rate: 5%
28d Avg Score: 0.08
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 5.6h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: WSJ Tech
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 6
28d Digest Rate: 10%
28d Avg Score: 0.11
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 7.6h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: Ars Technical All News
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 5
28d Digest Rate: 2%
28d Avg Score: 0.08
28d Hotlist Hit: 1%
7d Article Age: 9.6h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: Economist: Sci & Tech
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 4
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 7.5h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: The Atlantic
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 4
28d Digest Rate: 1%
28d Avg Score: 0.06
28d Hotlist Hit: 0%
7d Article Age: 9.3h
28d Confidence: Stable
Source: FT Alphaville
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 3
28d Digest Rate: ~14%
28d Avg Score: ~0.24
28d Hotlist Hit: ~0%
7d Article Age: 3.0h
28d Confidence: Low sample
Source: MIT Research General
Type: research
Included: 0
Scored: 2
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 4.8h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: a16z
Type: other
Included: 0
Scored: 2
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 6.1h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: Ars Technica All Features
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 8.8h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: CFTC Enforcement
Type: policy_release
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: No recent data
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: CFTC General
Type: policy_release
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 6.9h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: Dan Davies Substack
Type: official_speech
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 6.6h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: Debt Serious
Type: commentary
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 10.3h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: Derek Thompson
Type: commentary
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 1.4h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: Economist: Business
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 6.7h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: El Reg Offbeat
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 9.3h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: Fintech Biz Weekly
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 6.7h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: MIT Business Research
Type: research
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 3.7h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: NYT Economy
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 4.7h
28d Confidence: Collecting
Source: Next Event Horizon Substack
Type: news
Included: 0
Scored: 1
28d Digest Rate: Collecting data
28d Avg Score: Collecting data
28d Hotlist Hit: Collecting data
7d Article Age: 7.1h
28d Confidence: Collecting
The Financial Times article signals ongoing concern about risks in the private credit market, specifically calling on regulators and investors to pay attention to strain in the direct loan market. The available article text does not provide further specific details or data points beyond this central warning.
Keywords: private credit, direct lending, shadow banking, credit risk, regulatory oversight, corporate debt, financial stability
The Federal Reserve released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held July 28–29, 2026, on August 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The release notes that FOMC minutes are generally published three weeks after the policy decision date, and that the economic and financial conditions described in the minutes reflect only information available to the Committee at the time of the meeting. The full minutes are available on the Federal Reserve Board's website in HTML and PDF formats.
Keywords: Federal Open Market Committee, FOMC, monetary policy, interest rates, central bank, financial conditions, inflation, liquidity, balance sheet, policy transmission
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's July meeting revealed that more officials supported raising interest rates than the three who formally dissented. Additional officials signaled they would back an interest rate increase if inflation does not improve.
Keywords: Federal Reserve, interest rates, monetary policy, inflation, FOMC minutes, financial conditions, market expectations
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's July meeting revealed growing support among officials for raising borrowing costs in response to persistent inflation, according to reporting by The New York Times.
Keywords: Federal Reserve, monetary policy, interest rates, inflation, FOMC minutes, financial conditions, borrowing costs
The Trump administration has moved to increase buybacks of long-dated Treasury securities, a decision that observers are comparing to the Federal Reserve's 'Operation Twist' strategy, which was last used in 2011 with the aim of pulling down bond yields.
Keywords: Treasury buybacks, Operation Twist, Bond yields, Yield curve, Federal Reserve policy, Financial markets, Asset valuations, Government debt management
The U.S. Treasury Department moved to double the amount of debt it can buy back from investors, a step that led to a drop in government bond yields and a rise in stock markets, according to the New York Times.
Keywords: Treasury bond market, debt buyback program, government bond yields, bond market stress, market intervention, financial system liquidity, equity market rally
The US Treasury made a surprise announcement on Wednesday that is described as the most concrete sign yet that Secretary Scott Bessent is concerned about the recent selloff in long-dated debt. The announcement relates to bond buybacks and has jolted the bond market.
Keywords: US Treasury, Bond market selloff, Long-dated debt, Asset valuations, Government securities, Yield curve stress, Debt market dysfunction, Treasury buybacks, Financial market stress, Scott Bessent
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent deployed debt buybacks in an effort to reduce long-term borrowing costs, which had risen to multi-year highs. The move resulted in a decline in Treasury yields and the dollar.
Keywords: Treasury Secretary, debt buybacks, long-term borrowing costs, Treasury yields, multi-year highs, financial markets, dollar weakness, yield curve, fiscal policy, government securities
A Seeking Alpha News article argues that the U.S. Treasury's expansion of its buyback program should not be characterized as quantitative easing (QE). No further detail is available from the supplied article text beyond this central claim.
Keywords: Treasury buybacks, Government debt, Quantitative easing (QE), Fixed-income markets, Fiscal policy, Debt management, Financial markets, Yield curve, Market liquidity
An article from The Economist's Finance & Economics section reports that bond yields have been rising across wealthy nations, a development that is causing unease among politicians in rich countries. The article notes this trend is occurring at the same time that stock markets are rising.
Keywords: bond yields, government debt, asset valuations, financial markets, monetary policy, risk premiums, yield curve, central banks, developed economies, borrowing costs
According to a Wall Street Journal article, Wall Street analysts believe a significant bond market selloff is continuing rather than nearing an end. The piece also touches on how major food companies are working to attract consumers who are taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and eating less, as well as a phenomenon in which LinkedIn has inadvertently become a platform for romantic connections. No further detail from the article body is available in the supplied text.
Keywords: bond market, asset valuations, yield curve, Wall Street outlook, bond rout, financial markets, risk premiums
Global government bond yields stabilized after a period of selling that had pushed them to multiyear highs, according to the Wall Street Journal. The pause came ahead of the release of Federal Reserve minutes, though the article notes the underlying factors driving yields higher remained in place.
Keywords: government bond yields, multiyear highs, Fed minutes, bond selloff, risk premiums, financial conditions, central bank policy
A Federal Reserve Bank of New York research economist examines whether the rise in U.S. household stock market participation over the past four decades has altered how interest rate changes transmit to the broader economy. The article notes that equity ownership rose from below 30 percent of households in the mid-1980s to more than half by the early 2000s, and argues this shift may have dampened the economy's sensitivity to monetary policy. The author develops a model distinguishing households with access to both bonds and equity from those holding only bonds. Equity-holding households take on leveraged exposure to a procyclical asset, making their consumption more sensitive to interest rate changes. As participation broadens, however, each participant holds a smaller per-capita equity position with less leverage, reducing both the wealth effect of stock price movements and financing pressures from rate increases. The model estimates that moving from 25 percent to 55 percent participation produces an output response to an unexpected rate increase that is 20 percent smaller. Empirical analysis using Consumer Expenditure Survey data from 1990–2007 finds that equity participants cut consumption more than non-participants following unexpected rate increases, but that this gap narrowed substantially as participation rose. Rolling-window estimates of industrial production responses to interest rate shocks show a parallel weakening over the same period. Cross-state analysis also finds that states with lower equity participation exhibit larger consumption responses to rate changes. The author concludes that shifts in household portfolio composition appear to be a meaningful determinant of how interest rate changes pass through to the real economy, while noting that the rise in participation coincided with other structural changes that warrant interpretive caution.
Keywords: equity market participation, household wealth, interest rate transmission, stock market fluctuations, monetary policy, mutual funds, 401(k)s, IRAs, consumer spending, asset prices, financial markets
July inflation data keeps the Bank of England on course to hold interest rates at its September meeting, according to this Financial Times report. The article notes that an upward movement in the headline inflation index was driven by the energy price cap reset and was expected by markets and policymakers.
Keywords: Bank of England, interest rates, monetary policy, inflation, energy price cap, September rate decision
The Financial Times article, published under its Global Economy and Alphaville sections, argues that the US economy is running hot and contends that a few cooler data points are probably not a sign of weakening demand. The article text provided is minimal beyond the headline and subheadline, but the central claim is that isolated softer indicators should not be read as evidence of broader demand slowdown.
Keywords: US economy, economic growth, demand, macroeconomic data, economic momentum, monetary policy implications