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WORLD

• The US Treasury will triple its buyback of long-term bonds on September 10, 2026. It announced it will buy up to 6 billion USD in bonds, yet the benchmark 10-year yield rose to 4.841 percent.
• Mathematician Terence Tao warns AI is depleting the supply of mathematical problems. He noted AI solves problems faster than mathematics can replace them, proposing new rules for evaluating solutions.

EUROPE

• Google plans to invest 13 billion EUR in AI infrastructure in Finland. This is the company’s largest single investment in Europe, strengthening infrastructure for artificial intelligence and digital support.
• NBP held its main rate at 3.75 percent despite accelerating inflation. The National Bank of Poland decided to keep the key rate unchanged, despite August inflation rising to 3.4 percent, the highest since June of last year.
• German drivers traveled 562 billion kilometers in personal cars in 2025. Total distance traveled by all vehicles in Germany increased by 0.7 percent to nearly 675 billion kilometers.
• FDF lowered its food inflation forecast to 3.9 percent, but warns of growth above 6 percent. It expects food and non-alcoholic beverage prices to be 3.9 percent higher year-on-year in December 2026, but inflation will rise to 6.4 percent in July 2027.

SLOVAKIA

• Industrial production rose 2.4 percent in July 2026, driven by cars, held back by electronics. Growth was mainly pulled by the production of transport equipment, while the production of computer and electronic products plummeted by 41 percent. Industry remains down 0.4 percent for the first seven months of the year.
• The government’s Eurofunds Council will receive a new name and 52 members. The Slovak government approved a new statute for the Government Council for Regional Development and the Use of EU Funds, replacing the previous council and having 52 members.

GOLD

• Inspection of the Treasure Mountain mine after 13 years of inactivity showed better condition than expected. The inspection supported Nicola Mining’s plan to resume mining in 2027.

STOCKS

• AI infrastructure stocks rose after agreements between Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. Shares of Intel, AMD, HPE, Coherent, and Corning strengthened after announcing new partnerships, with a Gallup poll showing 71 percent of Americans do not want data centers in their vicinity.
• AI infrastructure stocks rose after agreements between Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. Shares of Intel, AMD, HPE, Coherent, and Corning strengthened after announcing new partnerships, with a Gallup poll showing 71 percent of Americans do not want data centers in their vicinity.

CRYPTO

• A Polish court approved detention for the fifth suspect in the Zondacrypto case. The court approved the detention of Roman Ż., after three other suspects were already taken into custody.

REAL ESTATE

• Orchard housing in Bratislava is occupied by almost three-quarters, Lesopark has 35 occupied apartments. AŠPNB records 75 of 102 apartments occupied in the Orchards, and only 35 of 121 in Žilina’s Lesopark. A third project is being prepared in Žiar nad Hronom.

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