臺灣加權指數8月25日（週二）開盤下跌295.47點，跌幅0.66%，報44466.85點。

U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth said he does not rule out using military force in the Strait of Hormuz or elsewhere.

Stanley Druckenmiller, the billionaire investor who once mentored Bessent, said the Treasury’s plan to spend billions repurchasing U.S. Treasuries is a mistake. “Governments that try to fight fundamentals by manipulating prices always fail,” he said, adding that markets aggregate information committees lack and that long-term Treasury yields are the world’s most important price and the only remaining fiscal constraint on the U.S. Druckenmiller argued the Treasury lacks a rationale now because the 10-year yield is roughly in line with nominal economic growth, implying financial conditions are loose rather than restrictive.