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   🍁 Canada

   Canada digs in for a long trade war — "beyond the life of this US administration"

   Carney is building aid to last through Trump's full term; Ambassador Wiseman says the Sept. 8 retaliation date shouldn't be read as a sign talks are coming back — "we don't have new talks planned."

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   🌍 Geopolitics

   Bessent unveils "the toughest sanctions in history" as Iran's oil exports hit zero

   Iran's central bank says exports have effectively ceased; its security chief warns "not a single drop of oil will leave the Gulf" — Saudi Arabia is now scouting alternate routes around Hormuz.

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   🍁 Canada

   Canada's Big Six kick off today — BMO and Scotiabank report before the bell

   National Bank follows tomorrow, then RBC, TD and CIBC all report Thursday morning — a low-liquidity cluster where "a lot of the repricing gets squeezed into the same moment."

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   📈 Markets

   One day out from Nvidia, PCE and the Fed's data-heavy gauntlet

   Nvidia reports Wednesday after the close, the same day July core PCE lands — then Jackson Hole runs Thursday to Saturday, capped by Warsh's first keynote as Fed chair Friday morning.

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   📈 Markets

   Your feed is warning the Treasury market itself has gotten fragile

   Adam Tooze's latest Chartbook: leveraged hedge funds, not foreign governments, are now the marginal buyer of US debt — a structure that amplifies any sudden sell-off, echoing 2020.

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Also in Top Stories: Nvidia/PCE/Jackson Hole calendar & the Treasury-fragility piece →

• America's Risky Debt: What Markets See That Policymakers Don't

  Hanno Lustig's Aspen Institute paper, landed in your feed overnight — a companion read to the Tooze piece above on how the Treasury market's structure has quietly changed since foreign central banks stepped back.

🤖 AI & Tech

• Nvidia Stock Has One Week to Prove the AI Spending Boom Is Still Alive

  The deeper question behind tomorrow's print: whether hyperscaler capex holds up if the AI-concentration story your feed flagged last week starts to crack.

🍁 Focus

Canada

Full stories in Top Stories: the long-trade-war outlook & today's Big Six bank earnings →

• "We Don't Have New Talks Planned" — Ambassador Wiseman on Sept. 8

  Ottawa's man in Washington pushes back on any read of the retaliation date as a soft deadline for a last-minute deal.

📅 Weekly Calendar

Canada Earnings — Week Ahead

🏛 Focus

Greece

• Mitsotakis Warns Turkey: Greece "Ready to Defend Its Sovereign Territory at Any Time"

  A sharper line from Athens today, against the backdrop of the Aegean EEZ dispute and the wider regional tension around Iran.

🏆 Around the Leagues

Sports

• Celtic Blow 3-0 Aggregate Lead, Crash Out to LASK

  Celtic won the first leg 3-0 at home but lost 5-1 away in Austria (an extra-time winner sealed it), falling 5-4 on aggregate — the shock of the qualifying round. They drop into the Europa League, with new opponents announced Aug 28.

• Fenerbahçe Host Lyon Today in a Winner-Takes-the-League-Phase Decider

  After a 1-1 first-leg draw in Istanbul, tonight's return leg in Lyon sends the winner into the league phase — a first for Fenerbahçe since 2008/09 and a Lyon return since 2019/20.

• League-Phase Draw Set for Tomorrow in Monaco

  The 2026/27 draw takes place Thursday at 6pm GMT at the Grimaldi Forum — each club drawn against eight opponents, four home and four away, the third season of the expanded "Swiss model" format.

• Arsenal Open as Early Title Favorites After Routing Coventry 3-0

  A dominant opening weekend, combined with City needing a stoppage-time goal past Bournemouth and Liverpool drawing at Newcastle, has commentators already tipping Arsenal to retain the title.

• Manchester United Stunned 2-0 by Promoted Hull City

  Newly-promoted Hull pulled off the shock of the opening weekend at home, immediately intensifying scrutiny on United's defense and management.

• Aston Villa Already in "Crisis" After 4-0 Opening-Day Defeat at Brighton

  Villa were thrashed at Brighton after a summer that saw Morgan Rogers, Ezri Konsa, Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne leave for a combined ~£220m — with Ollie Watkins and Emi Martínez exits still possible.

• Barcelona Open with a Dominant 5-0 Win Over Elche

  New signing Karim Adeyemi (from Dortmund) scored and fellow arrival Anthony Gordon (from Newcastle) grabbed two assists off the bench; Fermín López added two goals of his own.

• Sevilla and Real Betis — Not Madrid or Barça — Are Early Pacesetters

  Both sit top with 6 points from 2 wins, Atlético and Alavés just behind on 4. Real Madrid and Barcelona are only mid-table on the early table because they've played fewer matches so far this season.

• Kenneth Faried Officially Signs with Baskonia

  The former Denver Nuggets forward ("Manimal") completes a move to the Spanish club — one of the more eye-catching veteran additions of the EuroLeague offseason.

• Roster-Building Intensifies Ahead of the October Start

  Barcelona signed French big man Yoan Makoundou, Zalgiris is closing a deal with guard Nigel Williams-Goss, and ASVEL has been finalizing its roster (TyTy Washington, Mathis Dossou-Yovo, an extension for David Lighty).

• Klay Thompson Signs with Miami After Mavericks Buyout

  Dallas and Thompson agreed to a buyout Aug 22; he cleared waivers Aug 24 and signed a two-year, ~$11.5M deal with Miami. He joins a Heat roster reshaped around Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo — a proven three-point shooter (4th all-time in threes made) alongside the new core.

• Kawhi Leonard–Clippers Tampering Investigation Still Unresolved

  The NBA's probe into alleged improper benefits funneled to Leonard via a "no-show" endorsement deal around his 2019 signing remains open — and is holding up a separate Leonard trade to Toronto until the league closes the case.

📚 From Your Library

Daily Idea

• Do You Really Want a "Slow Life"?

  A short essay arguing real slowness is about presence, not just avoiding busyness — new in your feed overnight.

• Two SoftBank Books Landed in Your Library Overnight

  Lionel Barber's "Gambling Man" and Alok Sama's "The Money Trap" — both on Masayoshi Son, from two very different vantage points (a biographer's and a former SoftBank president's).

📥 New In Your Feed

Reading Queue

What landed in Readwise Reader overnight, in full — tap to expand.

• Chartbook 469: The Risk of Unwind

  Adam Tooze · Substack

  The US Treasury market is now driven mostly by private investors like hedge funds, not foreign governments. Heavy borrowing and leverage make the market unstable — the risk of a sudden sell-off echoes 2020.

  Read it →

• America's Risky Debt: What Markets See That Policymakers Don't

  Hanno Lustig · Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group

  A companion read to the Tooze piece — on how the Treasury market's structure has quietly changed since foreign central banks stepped back from being the marginal buyer.

  Read it →

• Do You Really Want a "Slow Life"?

  Katie Lowe · RAYON

  The author shares how living slowly has changed her view of time and daily life — a case for boredom and solitude as chances for growth, and for presence over just avoiding busyness.

  Read it →