Market news: South African gasoline prices will increase by 1.08 rand to 1.14 rand per liter on October 4.

Goldman Sachs: Cuts target price for American Express (AXP.N) to $190 from $191.

Bank of Thailand: The baht also weakened on expectations for Fed policy.

According to Nikkei: The Japanese government plans to relax land regulations as early as December to attract the construction of production plants for semiconductors and other key commodities.

Market news: British Prime Minister Sunak will hold a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss the HS2 railway plan.

According to Nikkei: Japan is relaxing land controls for chip and other factories.

Hungarian Central Bank: Our first priority is to curb the speed of inflation.

GBP/USD rose to 1.21, up 0.12% on the day.

ECB Governing Council Member Valimaki: The possibility of further interest rate hikes cannot be ruled out.

ECB Chief Economist Lane: December is not the end of the inflation challenge.

ECB Chief Economist Lane: I would not regard December as the focus of key decisions.

Market news: The EU will seek 16.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the third round of joint gas purchases.

ECB Governing Council member Simkus: Maintaining interest rates is crucial.

Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank: Wage growth is currently quite high.

ECB Chief Economist Lane: It is very important to see a decline in wage data next.

ECB Chief Economist Lane: The key is to maintain this interest rate level for as long as necessary.

ECB Chief Economist Lane: Interest rates have reached a level that will help curb inflation.

Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank: We (decision-making) rely on data.

International Monetary Fund: Philippine inflation is expected to be close to 6.0% in 2023 and 3.5% in 2024.

International Monetary Fund: Until inflation stabilizes and falls within the target range, the policy of maintaining higher interest rates in the long term is reasonable.