Bessent Flags Bigger Debt Buyback; Japan's Inflation Picks Up | The Asia Trade 8/21/2026

"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Sydney with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Paul Allen, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Bloomberg: The Asia Trade begins 00:02:30 - US stocks, bonds fall as 'Bessent put' relief fades 00:06:47 - Sources: Anthropic expects to match or top SpaceX IPO 00:11:04 - Alibaba 1Q profit dives 75% 00:17:26 - Montis Financial CIO Dennis Follmer on markets outlook 00:24:14 - BREAKING: Japan July core CPI +1.8% Y/Y 00:26:09 - Former New York Fed President Bill Dudley on stock market bubble 00:29:15 - Asian stocks set to fall as bonds resume decline 00:35:54 - BREAKING: Samsung said to plan up to $79B in shareholder returns 00:40:02 - San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly on bond selloff, Fed policy 00:44:10 - Australia housing downturn drives earnings winners, losers 00:47:25 - Markets open in Japan, South Korea and Australia 00:50:58 - Ten Cap's Jun Bei Liu on markets strategy 01:00:26 - Broadcom seeks more than $60B in latest AI debt deal 01:05:36 - Samsung, SK Hynix plan record shareholder returns 01:13:08 - BREAKING: S&P Global Japan Aug. factory PMI 55.1 01:15:39 - Japan's inflation accelerates, backing BOJ's case for rate hike 01:18:27 - Hua Hong, Kingboard, Zijin Gold may join Hang Seng Index 01:20:31 - Arete Research's Shawn Yang on Alibaba earnings 01:33:05 - Humanoid evolution at World Robot Conference -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more. Connect with Bloomberg Television on: X: https://twitter.com/BloombergTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloombergTelevision Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloombergtv/ Connect with Bloomberg Business on: X: https://twitter.com/business Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bloombergbusiness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloombergbusiness/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusiness?lang=en Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/bloomberg/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomberg-news/ More from Bloomberg: Bloomberg Radio: https://twitter.com/BloombergRadio Bloomberg Surveillance: https://twitter.com/bsurveillance Bloomberg Politics: https://twitter.com/bpolitics Bloomberg Originals: https://twitter.com/bbgoriginals Watch more on YouTube: Bloomberg Technology: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergTechnology Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/@business Bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake Bloomberg Espanol: https://www.youtube.com/@bloomberg_espanol Bloomberg Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergPodcasts