French Finance Minister Le Maire: The goal is to reduce food prices from January 2024.

French Finance Minister Le Maire: The food industry will impose price restrictions on 5,000 types of food. Unilever, Nestle and PepsiCo (PEP.O) should do more on price.

Norway has decided to close its embassy in Mali by the end of 2023.

Indian Meteorological Official: September rainfall in India may be close to average.

Turkish Central Bank: Loan growth poses risks to inflation.

Turkish Central Bank: The ability of the monetary policy framework to achieve the 5% inflation target should be enhanced.

Turkish Central Bank: Monetary tightening will be further strengthened as needed.

UK 10-year government bond yields fell 5 basis points to 4.375%, the lowest since Aug. 10.

Danish Ministry of Economy: Revised GDP forecast for 2023 to 1.2%, from 0.6% estimated in May. Inflation is forecast at 3.8% this year, down from the 4.3% predicted in May.

Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian MiG-31 jets tracked Norwegian military aircraft over the Barents Sea.

Royal Navy: Royal Navy warships and RAF patrol aircraft have tracked a string of Russian vessels in waters off the UK.

India Meteorological Department: June-August rainfall was 10% below normal.

Market news: UK unions say NHS workers in London are on strike over a security staff crisis.

ECB Governing Council member Holzmann: Data show inflation still persists.

ECB Governing Council member Holzmann: August inflation data is a difficult problem for the ECB.

UBS CEO: We cannot rule out the possibility of selectively using the Credit Suisse brand in Switzerland.

UBS CEO: It is very unlikely that we will use the Credit Suisse brand outside the US.

The financial website Forexlive commented on the initial value of inflation in the euro zone in August: The good news for the European Central Bank is that the core inflation rate met expectations in August and fell slightly from July. But it remains near its February peak of 5.7%. Data showed that the euro fell further, and the possibility of a 25 basis point interest rate hike now fell to about 31%.