The Bank of Japan proposed to buy 100 billion yen of TBS forward direct delivery bonds.

The Bank of Japan proposed to purchase 300 billion yen of Japanese 5-10-year government bonds.

Brent crude oil hit $84/barrel down, down 0.50% on the day.

The annual rate of the TD-MI inflation index in Australia in July was 5.4%, the previous value was 5.70%.

The monthly rate of the TD-MI inflation index in Australia in July was 0.8%, the previous value was 0.10%.

The yield on Japanese 2-year government bonds rose to 0% for the first time since January.

Korea Exchange: Investigating a glitch in the stock price update mechanism.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan: Industrial output is expected to decline by 0.2% month-on-month in July and increase by 1.1% in August.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Wal-Mart Department Store (WMT.N) spent $1.4 billion to increase its stake in FLIPKART.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has started negotiations on implementing the Savings Act.

According to the Nikkei News: The approval rate of the Japanese cabinet rose by 1 percentage point to 40%.

Market news: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with key figures in the energy industry.

UK Foreign Secretary: UK needs to engage Africa more on security issues.

Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank: GDP data in the second quarter of France, Germany and Spain support our forecast of 0.9% GDP growth in the euro area this year.

ECB President Christine Lagarde: There is no sign of a wage-price spiral and it is time to remove government energy support because we must return to more sustainable levels of public debt.

ECB President Christine Lagarde: French, German and Spanish second-quarter GDP "pretty encouraging".

Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank: The interest rate needs to be sufficiently restrictive in terms of level, and it needs to remain at this restrictive level for a sufficient time.