美国至8月21日当周API库欣原油库存 100万桶，前值-143.8万桶。

The Fed's July discount-rate minutes show 10 Reserve Banks recommended keeping the primary credit rate unchanged and two—Cleveland and Minneapolis—voted to raise it from 3.75% to 4.00%. The Federal Reserve Board approved holding the primary credit rate at 3.75% and kept the existing formulas for secondary and seasonal credit rates. Several Board members described economic conditions as broadly stable, while some noted inflation remains elevated, consumer price concerns are rising, and fuel and other surcharges have increased amid global events.

Amid cooling investor appetite for AI-driven trading and regulator steps to curb demand, leveraged ETFs linked to Korean chipmakers recorded nearly $1bn of outflows this month. Data compiled by foreign media show leveraged products tracking Samsung Electronics saw $381m of outflows to date, while those tied to SK Hynix lost $601m. This is the first monthly outflow since the products launched in late May. The ETFs aim to deliver twice the daily move of the chipmakers and were blamed for amplifying volatility during July’s global AI sell-off, when the Kospi fell about 22% month-on-month. Korean regulators have raised minimum margin requirements for new investors in these products and mandated a five-day simulated trading period.