Switzerland August ZEW economic current-conditions index 8.8, previous 6.7.

Industry managers said Chinese wealth-management product pools totaling about RMB36 trillion have been instructed to stop new investment in non-standard consumer-loan assets. Investment managers at a city commercial bank and a joint-stock bank confirmed the instruction. Banks say no new purchases are allowed and existing holdings will run off to maturity. Insiders point to a 1H investigation of a lending-assist platform as prompting a reassessment of non-standard consumer-loan risk; some firms say similar limits have been applied since the start of the year. Consumer-loan ABS are reportedly excluded from the restrictions.

On Iran, President Trump said he is closely monitoring every inch of territory in the Strait of Hormuz and Gaoshan.