August 20 (Tuesday)

Markets
Stocks rebounding, but new highs may be elusive in trade war (C)
Wall Street rallies on hopes of global economic stimulus (R)
Investors Seek Havens as Growth Fears Persist (W)
Yield-Curve Inversion May Be Good News for This Lagging Stock Sector (W)

US
The CEOs of nearly 200 companies just said shareholder value is no longer their main objective (C)
Tilman Fertitta, owner of everything from restaurants to casinos, is turning ‘very conservative’ because of recession fears (C)
White House reportedly looks at payroll tax cut as a way to stop an economic downturn (C)
An Economic Warning Sign: RV Shipments Are Slipping (W)

Central banks
Trump Calls for a Big Fed Rate Cut, Again Criticizes Powell (W)
Trump Urges Fed Cut of 100 Basis Points, Cites World Economy (B)
Investors might be disappointed in Fed’s message from Jackson Hole (MW)
Powell gets the chance this week to make up with markets after his ‘midcycle adjustment’ (C)
Fed’s Rosengren Wants Evidence of Slowdown to Justify Rate Cut (B)

Geopolitics & trade
Trump ‘not ready’ for China trade deal, dismisses recession fears (R)
Twitter, Facebook Say China Used Fake Accounts to Target Hong Kong Protests (B)
Next Door to Hong Kong, Little Sympathy for the Protesters (W)
More Russian Nuclear Monitoring Stations Went Silent Days After Blast, Official Says (W)

Industries & companies
FAANGs: Trump tweets without evidence that Google ‘manipulated’ votes in the 2016 election and ‘should be sued’ (C)

Corporate finance
Attorneys General to Move Forward With Antitrust Probe of Big Tech (W)

Cybersecurity
Alarm in Texas as 23 towns hit by ‘coordinated’ ransomware attack (C)

Offbeat
‘We Can’t Waste a Drop.’ India Is Running Out of Water. (W)
Here’s why my fellow millennials are seduced by socialism (P)
More than 1,000 Google employees implore leaders to stop working with U.S. customs and immigration (C)