UK July CPI MoM 0.3% (expected 0.3%), prior 0.1%.

加拿大总理卡尼：在过去几周，加拿大与美国进行了密集讨论，以解决悬而未决的贸易问题。

MIIT deputy director Gan Xiaobin told an AI industry meeting in Beijing on Aug. 18 the ministry will accelerate R&D on intelligent chips and other core technologies and explore brain‑like intelligence, world models and physical models. The ministry will push an integrated agenda covering technology innovation, application deployment, ecosystem cultivation and safety governance. It will prioritise scenario-driven rollout—implementing model‑data resonance, humanoid robots and embodied‑intelligence real‑scene training—to promote virtuous interaction among models, data and scenarios. MIIT also plans to speed development and application of standards in key areas, issue influential practical standards, launch a pilot ethics‑review initiative, strengthen AI science and technology ethics governance, develop new safety‑governance technical tools and establish full‑lifecycle safety governance mechanisms.