美联储哈玛克：通胀持续过高，如果美联储不采取行动，没有信心认为通胀会减缓。

France preliminary July CPI (m/m) due in 10 minutes.

China State Planner policy research office director and spokesperson Jiang Yi said at a press briefing on the 31st that China's container multimodal transport has expanded rapidly but faces equipment-standard mismatches, fragmented documentation rules and poor last-mile rail connections into ports and industrial parks, weighing on costs and efficiency. The agency said it will vigorously promote a 'one-document, one-container, one-price' model to drive cost reductions and efficiency gains.