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Nvidia Guides for 70% Sales Growth in FY2028 as Anthropic Strikes $45 Billion AI Computing Deal; Meta Settles Teen Safety Claims for $18 Billion 27 August 2026 Market Snapshot (Previous Close) 📉 S&P 500 Index 7,675.70 (-0.02%)↓ 📉 Straits Times Index 5,721.58 (-0.25%)↓ 📈 Nikkei 225 Index 66,262.15 (+0.62%)↑ 📈 Gold Spot (XAU) 4591.07 (-1.42%)↓ 🤖 Nvidia's CFO said sales will grow about 70% in fiscal year 2028, sending shares climbing postmarket. Amazon will add an additional 2 million of Nvidia's GPUs to its data center fleet over the next two years, while HP sank on investor concerns over PC demand. 🛢️ Oil slipped after Iran and Oman reportedly reached a revenue-sharing agreement over the Strait of Hormuz, though US allies cast doubt on Trump's claim that mines have been fully removed from the waterway. WTI fell 0.7% to US$81.80 and Brent dropped 1.4% to US$87.34. ⚔️ Vladimir Putin is preparing to escalate attacks on Ukraine after concluding peace talks have reached a dead end, according to people familiar. Wheat extended gains on potential export disruptions. 📱 Meta agreed to pay up to US$18 billion in settlements and implement new restrictions to resolve allegations from multiple US states over teens' addiction to Facebook and Instagram, with some payments contingent on rival platforms adopting similar changes. 🤖 Anthropic will pay US$45 billion to rent AI computing power from Nscale, bolstering capacity ahead of its IPO. 🏦 The Fed's annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium began, running through Saturday. An in-line reading of a closely watched US price gauge did little to shift rate-hike bets, while Scott Bessent's more activist debt management style has Wall Street rethinking government borrowing strategy - Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Citi have floated cutting long-dated bond sales as one option. 🇲🇾 Malaysia is considering immediate steps to regulate e-commerce platforms, including a registration mechanism for operators. 🇸🇬 Competition in Singapore's telecoms market intensified in the second quarter, with ARPU rebasing lower as customers shifted to value brands, per RHB. Mobile revenue fell 11% at StarHub and 6% at Singtel, though Singtel posted 10% EBIT growth in its fiscal first quarter on stronger data centre and Optus contributions. RHB flagged newer entrant Simba's limited 5G spectrum and regulatory scrutiny as unsustainable for its low-cost model, and described a StarHub-M1 merger as highly probable, with tit-for-tat price competition likely to continue into the second half. 👀 Market Focus: China's July industrial profits and Australia's second-quarter private capex and July household spending are due at 9:30am. Thailand's July customs trade data is due at 11:30am, followed by Japan's July machine tool orders at 2:00pm and the Philippines' rate decision at 2:30pm. South Korea's rate decision and the Philippines' July budget balance are also due today, alongside BOJ board member Ryozo Himino's speech in Saitama. Markets will continue watching the Jackson Hole symposium for signals on the Fed's rate path.

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DOE U.S. Crude Oil Inventories (United States) {US} OBSERVATION PERIOD: Aug 21 (Weekly) ACTUAL : 95k PRIOR : 4405k REVISED : -- SURVEY : 1580k (Mean: 1393k, High: 3284k, Low: -1900k) DOE U.S. Gasoline Inventories (United States) {US} OBSERVATION PERIOD: Aug 21 (Weekly) ACTUAL : -2536k PRIOR : 688k REVISED : -- SURVEY : -1100k (Mean: -810k, High: 1052k, Low: -2500k) DOE U.S. Distillate Inventory (United States) {US} OBSERVATION PERIOD: Aug 21 (Weekly) ACTUAL : -2228k PRIOR : -1530k REVISED : -- SURVEY : -1900k (Mean: -1644k, High: -500k, Low: -2200k)

GDP Annualized QoQ (United States) {US} OBSERVATION PERIOD: 2Q S (Quarterly) ACTUAL : 1.5% PRIOR : 1.5% REVISED : -- SURVEY : 1.5% (Mean: 1.6%, High: 2.0%, Low: 1.0%)

Industrial Production YoY (Singapore) {SI} OBSERVATION PERIOD: Jul (Monthly) ACTUAL  : 6.8% PRIOR   : 7.2% REVISED : 7.5% SURVEY  : 6.8%  (Mean: 7.6%, High: 12.5%, Low: 4.0%)

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Conf. Board Consumer Confidence (United States) {US} OBSERVATION PERIOD: Aug (Monthly) ACTUAL : 89.4 PRIOR : 90.8 REVISED : -- SURVEY : 90.2 (Mean: 90.4, High: 92.9, Low: 88.0)

GDP WDA YoY (Germany) {GE} OBSERVATION PERIOD: 2Q F (Quarterly) ACTUAL : 1.0% PRIOR : 0.9% REVISED : -- SURVEY : 0.9% (Mean: 0.9%, High: 0.9%, Low: 0.9%) GDP NSA YoY (Germany) {GE} OBSERVATION PERIOD: 2Q F (Quarterly) ACTUAL : 1.0% PRIOR : 0.9% REVISED : -- SURVEY : 0.9% (Mean: 0.9%, High: 0.9%, Low: 0.9%) GDP SA QoQ (Germany) {GE} OBSERVATION PERIOD: 2Q F (Quarterly) ACTUAL : 0.3% PRIOR : 0.2% REVISED : -- SURVEY : 0.2% (Mean: 0.2%, High: 0.3%, Low: 0.2%)

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