Market news: Pakistan will increase the profit margin of oil dealers/companies by up to 1.84 rupees.

RBA Chairman Lowe: Recent productivity records are not encouraging; the solution is fundamentally a political question.

Reserve Bank of Australia Chairman Lowe: We are now in an environment of stronger nominal wage growth, which is positive.

RBA Chairman Philip Lowe: Australia may be able to maintain unemployment levels below levels seen over the past 40 years.

RBA Chairman Lowe: Australia benefits from flexible inflation targeting.

Reserve Bank of Australia Chairman Lowe: Inflation is likely to fluctuate around the target.

Reserve Bank of Australia Chairman Lowe: It is difficult to return to a world of stable inflation.

Reserve Bank of Australia Chairman Lowe: The recent focus has been on wage risks and profits above interest rates consistent with a return to the inflation target.

International Monetary Fund: The average carbon price is expected to rise to US$75 per ton in 2030.

National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Lee is expected to become an extremely dangerous major hurricane on Friday, with large ocean swells likely affecting the Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico through the weekend.

Reuters poll: The Indian rupee is expected to appreciate to 82.88 rupees/USD by the end of September and 82.75 rupees/USD by the end of November. The exchange rate is expected to reach 81.95 rupees/USD by the end of August 2024.

Societe Generale: Lowered its 12-month target for the MSCI Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) Index by 2% to 665 points. Upgraded Korea stock rating to overweight from neutral.

Market news: Tokyo’s office vacancy rate dropped to 6.40% in August from 6.46% last month.

Russian Ministry of Defense: Ukrainian drone shot down near Moscow and Rostov.

RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that a Ukrainian drone was shot down near Moscow and Rostov.

South Korean government: IT companies and Middle East financial companies bid for "Samurai Bonds".

Bank of Japan review member Junko Nakagawa: We must be alert to the risk of further slowdown in global economic growth.

Junko Nakagawa, a member of the Board of Review of the Bank of Japan: The scope of commodity price increases has expanded, and service prices are also rising, mainly accommodation costs.

Bank of Japan review member Junko Nakagawa: The job market is tightening, but the wage outlook also depends on corporate earnings.