{
  "id": 4652699,
  "title": "Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq: US-Börsen eröffnen tiefer – doch die August-Bilanz ist positiv",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/dow-jones-s-p-500-nasdaq-us-borsen-eroffnen-tiefer-doch-die-august",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-31T14:03:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/marktberichte/dow-jones-sp-500-nasdaq-us-boersen-eroeffnen-tiefer-doch-die-august-bilanz-ist-positiv/100250821.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "US stock exchanges opened lower on Monday, despite a positive August balance sheet. The key indices on Wall Street began the trading week on a negative note. The Dow Jones index fell by 0.6% to 53,225 points, while the broader S&P 500 dropped by 0.5% to 7,679 count. The technology-heavy Nasdaq also experienced a 0.4% decline, settling at 26,287 points. The Nasdaq 100, which represents the 100 non-financial companies with the highest market capitalization, opened 0.3% weaker. Although the indices are expected to end the month of August slightly positively, no major economic events were scheduled for the week. The recent remarks by Kevin Warsh, the Fed's vice chairman, were the main force behind the market sentiment. Warsh reiterated his commitment to price stability during his speech at the Jackson Hole Banking Conference and stated that the Federal Reserve still has significant work ahead if inflation does not move fast enough towards the 2% target. Moritz Kraemer, Chief Economist of the German Landbank LBBW, described Warsh's speech as \"very hawkish.\" \"Hawks\" in financial jargon refer to those advocating for strict monetary policy. Investors are now primarily expecting the Fed to raise interest rates at their next meeting in mid-September, with the policy rate likely ranging between 3.75 and 4.0%. Higher interest rates tend to push bond yields upward and drive down stock prices. This effect was already evident on Friday, with bond yields rising by three basis points, while the yields for ten- and thirty-year bonds barely changed. The US Treasury had previously attempted to curb the rise in yields by intervening in the market, a rare move that drew considerable criticism, especially since the effect faded quickly. Ahead of the two-day G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs meeting in North Carolina, US Treasury Secretary Bessent defended the move, rejecting the notion that it would distort markets or break the tradition of predictable processes in the government bond market. Instead, he emphasized his responsibility to ensure that the market does not experience disorderly events. Bessent announced that he plans to double the volume of purchases of long-term government bonds, which would drive bond prices up and yields down, as the latter move inversely to the former.",
  "summary": "Der Dow Jones steuert auf seinen fünften Monatsgewinn in Folge zu. S&P 500 und Nasdaq stehen vor der ersten positiven Bilanz seit Mai. Belastend wirken weiter steigende Bondrenditen.",
  "key_points": [
    "US stock exchanges opened lower on Monday",
    "Dow Jones index fell by 0.6% to 53,225 points",
    "Fed vice chairman Kevin Warsh reiterated commitment to price stability"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}