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According to Nikkei, the draft of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's policy speech revolves around "responsible and proactive fiscal policy." The draft emphasizes that if economic and market trends deviate from expectations, the government will analyze the impact and flexibly implement countermeasures. Takaichi will also explain that the government plans to determine the annual issuance size of government bonds based on trends in interest rates and other factors.

German energy company SEFE: The German Ministry of Economic Affairs has instructed that 8 terawatt-hours (TWh) of natural gas be purchased and stored by December 15.

Germany's real retail sales fell 0.4% year-on-year in August, compared with an expected 0.1% and a previous reading of -2.5%.

Germany's real retail sales rose 1.3% month-on-month in August, below the expected 1.5% and the previous month's -3.4%.

Germany's import price index rose 8.3% year-on-year in August, below the expected 8% and the previous reading of 6.8%.

Germany's import price index rose 1% month-on-month in August, below the expected 0.7% and the previous reading of 0.2%.

The final reading of UK Q2 GDP growth was 0.5%, below the expected 0.40% and the previous reading of 0.40%.

The final annual GDP rate of the UK in the second quarter was 1.4%, expected to be 1.2%, and the previous value was 1.20%.

The final reading for UK business investment in the second quarter was 1.8%, revised down from 1.70% to 3% in the previous quarter.

The final reading for UK business investment in the second quarter was 5.2% year-on-year, revised from 0.80% to 1.8% previously.

The UK's current account deficit for the second quarter was £19.932 billion, compared to a forecast of £24.7 billion and a revised previous figure of £21.12 billion (originally reported as £22.134 billion).

The local governor said: Russia attacked energy facilities in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region.

The final figures for the UK's second-quarter current account and GDP annual rate will be released in ten minutes.

Core PCE Annual Rate: (Previous: +3.3%) 1. BNP Paribas: +3.1%, Citigroup: +3.1%, HSBC: +3.1%, RBC: +3.1%; 2. Montreal: +3.2%, Bank of America: +3.2%, Capital Economics: +3.2%, Goldman Sachs: +3.2%; 3. Pansen Macro: +3.2%, Nikko Securities: +3.2%, UBS: +3.2%, ABN AMRO: +3.3%; 4. 53 Bank: +3.3%, JPMorgan Chase: +3.3%, Mizuho Securities: +3.3%, Monex Group: +3.3%; 5. Nomura Securities: +3.3%, Scotiabank: +3.3%, Standard Chartered Bank: +3.3%, Morgan Stanley: +3.3%; 6. UniCredit: +3.3%, Wells Fargo: +3.3%, Barclays: +3.4%, ING: +3.4%; 7. Lloyds: +3.4%, Société Générale: +3.4%, TD Securities: +3.4%, Stieffer: +3.4%; [Reuters: +3.3%] Core PCE Monthly Rate: (Previous: +0.2%) 1. Commerzbank: +0.2%, Moody's Analytics: +0.2%, Oxford Economics: +0.2%, RBC: +0.2%; 2. Nikko Securities: +0.2%, Scotiabank: +0.2%, Standard Chartered Bank: +0.2%, UniCredit: +0.2%; 3. Montreal: +0.3%, BNP Paribas: +0.3%, Bank of America: +0.3%, Morgan Stanley: +0.3%; 4. Barclays: +0.3%, Capital Economics: +0.3%, Citigroup: +0.3%, Deutsche Bank: +0.3%; 5. Lloyds: +0.3%; Goldman Sachs: +0.3%, HSBC: +0.3%, ING: +0.3%; 6. JPMorgan Chase: +0.3%, Wells Fargo: +0.3%, Mizuho Securities: +0.3%, Nomura Securities: +0.3%; 7. Pansen Macro: +0.3%, Societe Generale: +0.3%, TD Securities: +0.3%, UBS: +0.3%; [Reuters: +0.3%]

According to RIA Novosti, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, the port infrastructure in Izmail, Ukraine, was attacked.

According to Interfax news agency, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian armed forces launched an attack on a communications center in Kyiv.

Trader: RBI may be selling dollars to support rupee.

Japan's construction orders fell 3.6% year-on-year in August, compared with a previous reading of -13.4%.

Japan's housing starts rose 6.14% year-on-year in August, below the expected 7% and the previous reading of 8.20%.

NI225 rose by 2.00% within a day.