New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Lower Oil Price and Many July Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Surveys Reported
August 3, 2026
(128) President Trump repeated the prior weekend’s geopolitical gambit. Like then, he had threatened before the weekend that massive military strikes against Iran were imminent, only to rescind that order and announce that a diplomatic approach will be tried instead. In both instances, the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil has traded 6.8% lower […] More
