According to Iranian media, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed that it launched ballistic missiles at two US bases in Jordan in response to the US attack on Larak Island.

[Key Events and Data Preview for This Week: US Non-Farm Payrolls, China PMI, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting] 1. Monday: ① Data: China's official manufacturing PMI for August; Germany's preliminary August CPI month-on-month rate; US August Dallas Fed Business Activity Index; ② Events: The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting will be held until September 1st. 2. Tuesday: ① Data: China's August RatingDog Manufacturing PMI; UK's August Nationwide House Price Index (MoM); Switzerland's July Real Retail Sales (YoY); Final August Manufacturing PMIs for France, Germany, UK, and the Eurozone; UK July Bank of England Mortgage Approvals; Eurozone August CPI (Preliminary) and July Unemployment Rate; US August S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (Final), August ISM Manufacturing PMI, July JOLTs Job Openings, and July Construction Spending (MoM). ② Events: The 2026 SCO Heads of State Council Meeting will be held. ③ Earnings Reports: NIO and Dell (after-hours trading in the US). 3. Wednesday: ① Data: US API and EIA crude oil inventories for the week ending August 28; Australia's Q2 GDP annual rate; US August ADP employment change and July factory orders month-on-month rate; ② Events: Reserve Bank of New Zealand announces interest rate decision and monetary policy statement; Bank of Canada announces interest rate decision, Governor Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Rogers hold a monetary policy press conference. ③ Earnings Report: Broadcom (after US stock market close). 4. Thursday: ① Data: China's August RatingDog Services PMI; Switzerland's August CPI month-on-month rate; final August services PMI readings for France, Germany, the UK, and the Eurozone; Eurozone's July PPI month-on-month rate; US August Challenger job cuts; initial jobless claims for the week ending August 29; July trade balance; final August S&P Global Services PMI; August ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI; US EIA natural gas storage for the week ending August 28. ② Events: The Federal Reserve releases its Beige Book on economic conditions; Federal Reserve Governor Waller gives an interview. 5. Friday: ① Data: Eurozone July retail sales month-on-month; Canadian August employment change; US August unemployment rate, August seasonally adjusted non-farm payrolls, August average hourly earnings year-on-year, August average hourly earnings month-on-month; August global supply chain stress index. ② Events: 2026 FOMC voting member and Cleveland Fed President Hamak delivers opening remarks at the "Fed Community" event; Bank of England Governor Bailey speaks. 6. Saturday: ① Data: US total oil rig count for the week ending September 4. Saudi Aramco releases official crude oil prices around the 5th of each month.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter: Under Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's leadership, government intervention in economic policy has decreased, and they should "sit back and enjoy" the success of Abenomics and let it develop naturally.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter: Japan may have reached the end of Abenomics (the inflation stimulus plan).

US Treasury Secretary Bessant: Will meet with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda during the G20 finance ministers' meeting; Ueda is a great economist whose market acumen is underestimated.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter: (When asked whether the Bank of Japan should consider raising interest rates continuously) I will not tell them what to do.