A | 8月26日，美股三大指数震荡整理，截至发稿，道指跌0.01%，纳指涨0.08%，标普500指数涨0.10%。 HELSINKI -- Finnish police said Wednesday they have launched a criminal investigation into possible sabotage of an undersea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia that was shut down over the weekend following a leak.Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, or NBI, says it has started gathering evidence at the location of the leak, which was detected in Finland's economic zone Sunday on the Balticconector pipeline connecting the two NATO allies. A telecommunications cable also was damaged.The purpose of the probe is to establish whether the Balticconector pipeline was damaged intentionally or by accident and by whom. Finnish authorities have already ruled out an operational mishap, saying the damage resulted from “external activity.”Noting that the analysis was still in an early stage, NBI said “traces have been detected in the seabed” near the leak but didn’t give details.Outside analysts have speculated on everything from a ship’s anchor hitting the pipeline to an explosion as possible causes. Investigators told reporters on Wednesday that an explosion appeared unlikely.“The damage appears to have been caused by mechanical force, not an explosion,” NBI chief inspector Risto Lohi was quoted as saying by Finnish public broadcaster YLE. “At the moment we are determining what happened and (who) may have been involved. Considering the situation, we will not speculate, but work to find facts, analyze them and then draw conclusions about what caused the damage.”The 77-kilometer-long (48-mile-long) Balticconnector pipeline runs across the Gulf of Finland from the Finnish city of Inkoo to the Estonian port of Paldiski. It is bi-directional, transferring natural gas between Finland and Estonia depending on demand and supply. The 300 million euro ($318 million) pipeline, largely financed by the European Union, started commercial operations at the beginning of 2020. It was shut down on Sunday after operators noticed a drop in pressure in the pipeline.The incident comes just over a year after the Nord Stream gas pipelines running between Germany and Russia in the Baltic Sea were damaged by explosions believed to be sabotage. The case remains unsolved.In Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he had discussed the latest incident with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.“If it is proven to be a deliberate attack on NATO critical infrastructure, then this will be of course serious, but it will also be met by a united and determined response from NATO,” Stoltenberg said.On Tuesday, Finnish officials did not comment on whether they suspected Russian involvement.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the incident “alarming news.”“We know that there have been dangerous precedents of terror attacks against critical infrastructure in the Baltics, I mean the attacks against Nord Stream pipelines,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. “We are looking forward to more detailed information.”Finnish gas transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland estimated that the repair work would take at least five months. The company said a liquified natural gas terminal in Inkoo has the capacity to deliver the gas Finland needs.Europe saw natural gas prices hit record highs last year after Russia’s cutoff of most gas supplies during the war in Ukraine. Many European countries have turned to other alternatives including LNG since then to meet their energy needs. Europe currently has filled 97% of its gas storage capacity for the winter, but security of supply depends on deliveries of pipeline gas and LNG.。 商品市场方面，国际油价跌幅收窄，截至发稿，WTI原油跌1%，报81.5美元/桶，此前一度跌超3%。 全球要闻 美国7月核心PCE环比增长0.2% 符合预期 美国7月核心个人消费支出价格指数环比增长0.2%，预估为0.2%，前值为0.1%。美国7月核心PCE同比增长3.3%，预估为3.3%，前值为3.3%。 美伊停火谈判重大进展！伊朗拟设“霍尔木兹临时通航走廊” 当地时间周二，伊朗一名官员表示，伊朗与阿曼已达成协议，将临时重启霍尔木兹海峡通航；两国承诺，未来数月将继续谈判，敲定一套更具“永久性”的解决方案。与此同时，据消息人士向媒体爆料，美国与伊朗已就停火协议条款达成共识，其中包括霍尔木兹海峡自由通航。 关键指标显效：贝森特美债救市并非无用功？ 美国财政部长贝森特上周宣布将通过扩大长债回购来压低美国融资成本，这一突如其来的计划虽然引发了关于其最终成效的激烈辩论，但关键的市场指标与机构持仓数据却似乎表明，该举措已开始初步显现成效。数据显示，自贝森特上周宣布该计划以来，美国国债的表现已超越同期限利率互换，30年期的两者利差缩窄至了今年2月以来的最低水平。 美债最终恐无人接盘？美联储官员重磅警告 加息大门仍敞开 近期，美国长期国债收益率飙升至近20年高位引发担忧。美国里士满联储主席汤姆·巴尔金最新警告称，美国债务不断膨胀最终将引发一场清算，他指出“到某个时刻，人们会停止购买你的债务”。巴尔金表示，如果美国债务继续攀升，最终将不可避免地迎来一场“清算”，但具体时间点难以预测。
。