Evacuation Complete; Energy at Home & Abroad; Fed Talk with Mohamed El-Erian

America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan came to an end as the Americans stationed there finished their evacuation. CNBC’s Eamon Javers details the military’s next steps for extracting the remaining group of Americans in the country, as well as the Biden administration’s strategy to monitor the Taliban. CNBC’s Frank Holland reports on how residents of New Orleans are planning for the days ahead as the city remains without power and with limited access to other resources in the wake of Hurricane Ida. After the storm shut down at least six Gulf Coast refineries, RBC Capital Markets head of global commodity strategy Helima Croft discusses energy production as the region gets back on its feet. Croft considers other headlines in oil, including the Taliban’s new role in global energy politics and the upcoming OPEC meeting. The Federal Reserve is looking for signals from the labor market to gauge when it should tighten monetary policy. CNBC’s Steve Liesman and Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz and Gramercy advisor, discuss the upcoming August jobs report, Fed Chair Powell’s comments at Jackson Hole, and the Delta variant’s impact on inflation and the U.S. economic recovery. Plus, PayPal is exploring adding a new stock-trading feature to its platform, and China is cracking down on gamers.

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