Citi: Raise its price forecasts for European TTF natural gas and Asian JKM LNG in the third and fourth quarters of 2023. In Q3 2023, JKM LNG in Asia should average $12.6/MMBtu and European TTF gas should average $10.4/MMBtu; Q4 TTF gas should average $9.2/MMBtu , JKM natural gas should average $12/MMBtu.

TD Securities: The Reserve Bank of Australia is unlikely to be in a hurry to raise interest rates again.

Indian Finance Minister Sitharaman: India is in dialogue with multiple countries on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank: The slowdown in service sector inflation will help limit the argument that tourism keeps service sector inflation high; we expect the slowdown in energy and food inflation to be volatile.

The seasonally adjusted monthly rate of retail sales in Singapore in July was 0.6%, compared with the previous value of -0.80%.

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Reserve Bank of Australia: Recent data are consistent with inflation returning to target.

Reserve Bank of Australia: The unemployment rate is expected to gradually rise to 4.5% by the end of 2024.

Reserve Bank of Australia: There is uncertainty about the lag in the effects of monetary policy.

Reserve Bank of Australia: The Board will assess global economic, household spending and inflation data.

Reserve Bank of Australia: The outlook for household consumption also remains uncertain.

RBA: The economy is experiencing a period of below-trend growth that is expected to continue for some time.

RBA: Overseas services price inflation has unexpectedly persisted, and the same could happen in Australia.

Reserve Bank of Australia: Prices for many services are rising rapidly and rental inflation is also high.

Reserve Bank of Australia: Inflation is expected to remain within the target range of 2%-3% by the end of 2025.

Reserve Bank of Australia: Pausing interest rate hikes will provide time to assess the impact of interest rate hikes.

The Reserve Bank of Australia remains on hold, and the Australian dollar AUD/USD has little short-term fluctuations, currently at 0.6428.

Reserve Bank of Australia: High inflation puts pressure on real incomes.