- Investors poured $1.89 billion into the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust while the Invesco QQQ ETF suffered $1.24 billion in redemptions.
- Broad-market and fixed-income ETFs saw strong demand, whereas gold, technology, and financial funds experienced significant outflows.
- The latest flow data highlights a sharp one-day divergence in investor positioning between broad-market exposure and growth-heavy assets.
- Global borrowing costs have surged to levels last seen before the financial crisis due to fears over unsustainable government debt piles.
- Factors including the Iran conflict, the AI industry's heavy borrowing, and inflation fears drove the 30-year US Treasury yield to a two-decade high.
- These developments reflect growing market anxiety that governments are losing control over their mounting financial obligations.
- The US Department of Labor reported that consumer prices rose by 0.1 % in July following a 0.4 % decline in June.
- This monthly increase matched economists' expectations.
- The annual growth rate of consumer prices decreased slightly from 3.5 % in June to 3.4 % in July, aligning with forecasts.