US Dollar:
1. Goldman Sachs: Market expectations for a Fed rate hike are too hawkish.
2. Fed's Goolsby: More evidence is needed to confirm a decline in inflation.
South Korean Won:
1. South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy: South Korea and the US seek to resolve outstanding issues from the $200 billion investment plan.
Japanese Yen:
1. Japan's second-quarter GDP growth fell short of expectations, complicating the Bank of Japan's rate hike timetable.
2. Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Minoru Shirou: The Japanese economy continues its moderate recovery.
3. Fiscal concerns coupled with rate hike expectations pushed Japanese government bond yields to a 30-year high.
4. Former Japanese Ministry of Finance official Takehiko Nakao: The Bank of Japan should raise rates at every meeting.
Others:
1. ANZ: The New Zealand election is unlikely to prevent the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from raising rates.
2. Energy prices offset stimulus measures, slowing Thailand's second-quarter economic growth to 1.9%.
3. South Africa plans to finalize regulations for its $9.3 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market by 2028.
4. Market research firm Origo Group: Swedish money market participants expect the five-year CPIF inflation rate to be 2.0% in August, compared with 2.1% in the July survey.
