ECB Governing Council member Villeroy: We must and will reduce inflation to 2%.

European Central Bank Governing Council Villeroy: Keeping interest rates high for a long enough time is more important than the level of interest rates themselves.

ECB Governing Council member Villeroy: We are very close to the peak of interest rates, but we are still far from the time to consider cutting interest rates.

ECB Governing Council member Villeroy: Our options are open at the next and upcoming interest rate meeting.

ECB Governing Council Member Villeroy: We will slightly increase France’s GDP forecast for 2023.

ECB Governing Council member Villeroy: But this encouraging sign is still far from enough.

European Central Bank Governing Council Villeroy: After headline inflation peaked, underlying inflation has also peaked since April and appears to have begun to decline.

Reuters poll: Most economists believe the Polish central bank will cut the main interest rate by 25 basis points to 6.50%.

French July government budget -168.993 billion euros, previous value -116.2 billion euros.

Morgan Stanley raised its fiscal 2024 GDP growth forecast to 6.4% from 6.2% previously.

GBP/USD fell 15 points in the short term and is now at 1.2646.

The U.S. dollar index DXY rose 10 points in the short term and is currently at 103.75.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD fell 20 points in the short term, falling more than 0.50% during the day and now trading at 0.6450.

Market news: The UAE and New Zealand have started preliminary negotiations on an economic agreement.

Benchmark gas prices in Europe rose by 4.6% to 36.64 euros per megawatt-hour.

According to the Daily News: Samsung and Nvidia signed an agreement to supply HBM3 chips.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that "Idalia" will weaken today and is expected to affect the Bermuda area by the end of the week.

Polish Minister: If necessary, Poland may extend anti-inflation measures.