美聯儲會議紀要：多名與會者表示，兩次會議之間金融環境收緊，反映出經濟增長強勁，以及市場預計美聯儲將在不久後採取更加限制性的政策立場。

China’s Central Meteorological Observatory said at 12:34 on Aug. 19 that Typhoon No.18, Shadol, formed in the northwest Pacific. At 11:00 the centre was at 8.2°N, 153.9°E, about 1,160 km southeast of Guam. Maximum winds near the centre were 18 m/s, central pressure 998 hPa, with a radius of gale-force (≥7) winds of 100–200 km. Shadol is moving NNW at 15–20 km/h, expected to strengthen and track toward waters east of the Ryukyu Islands; no impact on Chinese waters is expected over the next five days.

Donghaeng Union, composed mainly of Device eXperience (DX) employees, will hold a mass rally outside Samsung Electronics' Seocho, Seoul headquarters less than three months after a wage agreement. The union demands the company grant 1,000 treasury shares to each DX employee, arguing May’s wage deal widened performance-pay gaps between DS (semiconductors) and DX (smartphones, TVs, appliances) and left DX staff relatively disadvantaged. The union says 49,345 DX employees who were on the payroll last month would be eligible, totaling 49.345 million shares; at an assumed ~250,000 won per share, the stock value would exceed 12 trillion won.