Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good

2026-08-21 · 32 min · episode 916 · 13 entities

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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://swap.fm/l/mbd-note%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0
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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://rubrik.com/mb
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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://morningbrew.com/events/brew-performance-revue-2026

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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://swap.fm/l/mbd-note%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0
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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://morningbrew.com/events/brew-performance-revue-2026
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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://swap.fm/l/mbd-note%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0
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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://morningbrew.com/events/brew-performance-revue-2026

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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://rubrik.com/mb
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Link in episode "Scott Bessent Fails to Calm Bond Market & This Chinese Movie is So Bad, It’s Good": https://rubrik.com/mb

Episode description as stored

#916: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tries to intervene to ease the bond market…except it doesn’t work. Walmart posts its slowest gains in years as Americans watch their budgets. A Chinese animated film is so bad, it’s so good. Nike shares hit their lowest in 12 years. The FDA calls for a blueberry recall over deadly E. coli fears. Finally, the Army uses GTA 6 to reenlist soldiers. Learn more at https://www.rubrik.com/mb Grab tickets to our Performance Revue show! https://www.morningbrew.com/events/brew-performance-revue-2026?utm_campaign=performance_revue_2026&utm_source=mbd Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices