National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Calvin is rapidly gaining winds.

USD/CAD fell below 1.31, down 0.09% on the day.

The dollar index DXY fell as low as 99.62, its lowest level since April 2022.

USD/JPY hit a two-month low of 137.245 against the yen, down 0.46% on the day.

The Australian 3-year yield fell 11 basis points to 3.85%.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Welcome the OECD and G20 to issue a statement on global tax reform.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government: 50 billion Hong Kong dollars silver bonds will be issued on August 18.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Issues such as Ukraine, international taxation and multilateral development banks will be discussed at the G7 meeting.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: He will co-chair the G7 meeting with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on July 16.

NZD/USD broke above 0.64, up 0.11% on the day.

USD/JPY traded 0.50% lower on the day at 137.35.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken will meet with the Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers at 6:30 pm local time.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken will hold a news conference in Jakarta at 8:20 p.m. local time.

According to the Indian Economic Times: Hon Hai is negotiating with TSMC and TMH on wafer issues in India.

Diana Mousina, senior economist at AMP Capital: The new governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bullock, may be more "dove" than Lowe, and she is more inclined to focus on the risks of rising interest rates to various fields.

Market news: The U.S. court rejected the request of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seeking to temporarily block Microsoft (MSFT.O) from acquiring Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) during its appeal.

RBA Vice Chairman Bullock: Committed to ensuring the RBA achieves its policy and operational objectives.

Australian Treasurer Chalmers: At present, no candidate for the vice chairman of the Reserve Bank of Australia has been found.

RBA Chairman Lowe: Australian Treasurer Chalmers has made an excellent appointment, congratulations to Bullock on his appointment as RBA chairman.