ECB Governing Council Wensch: It is too early to discuss stopping interest rate hikes.

ECB Governing Council Member Wensch: It is expected that the inflation target will reach around 2% by 2025.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism: Tourism surged to US$6.08 billion in the first quarter of 2023, highlighting the significant improvement in the country’s international balance of payments for tourism projects.

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency: The Russian air defense system has shot down two air targets in the Belgorod region.

National Hurricane Center: "Idalia" is approaching Bermuda, and "Idalia" is expected to cause heavy rain and strong winds this weekend.

Sources: The United States will add depleted uranium armor-piercing bombs to the new aid plan for Ukraine (as shown in the picture below: depleted uranium is chemically toxic and radioactive, and then pollutes a large area around the impact site. Currently, only the United States and Russia are at war in the world Depleted uranium bombs have actually been used. Now many countries including France and Japan have developed and equipped with this kind of weapons.).

[Hong Kong Observatory: Issue No. 8 Gale or Storm Signal to replace the highest-level Hurricane Signal] The Hong Kong Observatory issued a notice: The No. 8 Southeast Gale or Storm Signal was issued at 3:40 am to replace the No. 10 Hurricane Signal. The average wind speed in Hong Kong is expected to be 63 kilometers per hour or above. There will still be strong winds in Hong Kong for a period of time, please stay indoors until the wind subsides, and do not relax the wind protection measures.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week of August 29, speculative net long positions in COMEX copper futures decreased by 8,796 lots to 6,313 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week of August 29, the speculative net long position of WTI crude oil futures increased by 19,040 lots to 152,876 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ending August 29, speculative net long positions in COMEX silver futures increased by 16,000 lots to 17,479 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week of August 29, speculative net long positions in COMEX gold futures increased by 32,441 lots to 58,134 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week of August 29, the net long position of Bitcoin was 1,507 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week of August 29, 2023, the net long position in the euro was 146,679 lots; the net short position in the yen was -98,473 lots; the net long position in the pound was 48,401 lots; the net short position in the Swiss franc It is -4,518 lots.

Polish military operations command spokesman: Polish helicopters did not cross the Belarusian border.

Russian military: Ukrainian drone shot down in Belgorod region.

Canadian government official: Canada has suspended trade agreement negotiations with India to assess our current situation.

Market news: Microsoft-backed cloud and data security startup Rubrik is planning an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as this year.

Iraqi Oil Ministry: The average price of a barrel of crude oil in Iraq in August was US$83.35.