US July seasonally adjusted manufacturing payrolls +5,000 vs +4,000 expected; June revised from +3,000 to +11,000.

On Aug 6, the 10th BRICS Ministers of Industry meeting convened in Jaipur, India. China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology chief engineer Wang Weiming attended. Ministers and UNIDO representatives exchanged on SMEs, photovoltaic industry transition, startup support and logistics system development. The meeting adopted a joint declaration and approved a photovoltaic industry working-group mandate and action plan, an SME working-group cooperation framework and a startups action plan.

IAEA Director General Grossi said today that off-site power outages at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant have increased, exposing the vulnerability of its power grid and underscoring the need to maintain protective measures during military conflict to prevent a nuclear accident.