UK Maritime Trade Operations Office: The master of a vessel 40 nautical miles south of Moka, Yemen, reported an explosion in the vicinity. The vessel and all crew are safe.

Central Bank of Kazakhstan: As of June, gold and foreign exchange reserves were US$37.886 billion, unchanged from the previous month.

The Israeli military said its air force attacked Hezbollah targets in the Janta region in central Lebanon.

German Geoscience Research Center: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred south of South Africa.

Royal Navy: Received reports of incident 40 nautical miles south of Moka, Yemen.

Bitcoin broke through $59,000 per coin, up 1.93% on the day, and Ethereum broke through $3,100 per coin, up 1.04% on the day.

ECB Supervisory Committee member McCaul: The central bank warns of rising risks in the shadow banking sector.

Bank of New Zealand: Now expects the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to cut interest rates in November rather than February next year.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Discussed the risk that tightening policy may have a greater-than-expected impact on the economy.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand: More evidence of an emerging overcapacity problem.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Discussed the appropriate stance of monetary policy.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Risks to inflation expectations may return to normal more quickly.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Government spending will limit overall economic spending.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand: The positive impact of pending tax cuts on private spending is less certain.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand: The level of economic activity, including business and consumer investment spending and investment intentions, is consistent with a tight monetary policy stance.

Reserve Bank of New Zealand: There are signs that the persistence of inflation will ease as capacity pressures decline and business pricing intentions ease.