Bond Selloff Sends Yields to 2008 High; Hormuz Attacks Escalate | Bloomberg Brief 09/01/2026

US equity futures and global bonds declined on September 1, 2026, amid rising oil prices and expectations that central banks may raise interest rates in September. Two oil supertankers were struck by projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned after disagreements with Defense Secretary Hegseth. Anthropic agreed to a $35 billion computing deal with Lambda, a cloud provider with backing from Nvidia.

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