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1273 Scope Markets launches MT5 copy trading with inverse optionRostro Group’s retail FX and CFD broker Scope Markets launched Scope Copy on Thursday, bringing copy trading and an inverse-copying option to MetaTrader 5. The service went live with more than 130 strategy providers after clients replicated over 500,000 trades during its beta pha 2026.08.20 1274 U.S. Dollar Attempts To Rebound After Sell-Off: Analysis For EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CAD, USD/JPYchart U.S. Dollar Index attempts to rebound after the strong sell-off, which was triggered by Treasury’s decision to boost buybacks of long-dated bonds. Today, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated that Treasury could increase buybacks to more than $4 billion per issue. 2026.08.20 1275 Bessent says U.S. likely won’t restart large-scale Iran combat as it steps up economic pressureThe Trump administration’s plan to crush Iran’s economy will likely negate the need for further U.S. military operations against the Islamic republic, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Thursday. “If we are doing the maximum economic pressure, then that means that like 2026.08.20 1276 Bessent says Treasury buyback operation could be more than $4 billionTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Thursday that an accelerated buyback of government debt could be higher than the announced $4 billion. In a live interview, Bessent said his department is going “make a market” in the longer-dated securities where yields have been sur 2026.08.20 1277 Ranked: Countries That Hold the Most Reserves in GoldGold remains a major reserve asset for many of the world’s largest economies, but its weight in national reserves ranges from 0% to over 80%. This graphic ranks selected economies by the share of their central bank reserves held in gold in 2025. The data for this visualization co 2026.08.20 1278 EIA: US natural gas inventories up by 16 BcfWorking natural gas in storage across the United States increased by 16 billion cubic feet (Bcf) in the week ending August 14, compared with the previous seven-day period, to reach 3,169 Bcf, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Thursday. On an annual basis, the n 2026.08.20 1279 US Dollar Debasement Has BegunYesterday’s surprise announcement by the US Treasury that it’s increasing buybacks of longer-dated bonds sent two clear signals. The first is that the recent rise in long-term yields - which had risen to their highest level in over twenty years - was crossing an important pain th 2026.08.20 1280 The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the US Edged Up in JulyThe Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the US increased by 0.2% in July 2026 to 99.5 (2016=100), after an upwardly revised decline of 0.1% in June. As a result, the LEI's six-month growth rate turned positive, to an increase of 0.2% between January and July 2026, 2026.08.20 1281 Treasury yields rebound, wiping out the decline following Bessent’s interventionBond yields climbed Thursday morning, erasing most of the pullback they saw the previous day after the Treasury Department announced an intervention aimed at easing pressure on longer-dated government debt. The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond — the primary focus of the ac 2026.08.20 1282 US Unemployment Insurance Weekly ClaimsIn the week ending August 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 206,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 3,000 from 209,000 to 212,000. The 4-week moving average was 204,000, an in 2026.08.20 1283 Canadian industrial product and raw materials price indexes, July 2026Prices of products manufactured in Canada, as measured by the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI), increased 0.6% month over month in July and gained 12.4% year over year. Meanwhile, prices of raw materials purchased by manufacturers operating in Canada, as measured by the Raw 2026.08.20 1284 US Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey - August 2026 ReportManufacturing activity in the region continued to expand overall, according to the firms responding to the August Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey. The survey’s indicator for general activity rose to a five-year high. The new orders and shipments indexes moved lower but rema 2026.08.20