US MBA 30-year fixed mortgage rate for the week to Aug. 21 was 6.78%, versus 6.77% the prior week.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said it will accelerate the concentration of factor resources into emerging industries, deepen a standards-leadership initiative for those sectors, and implement a special tech-industry-finance integration program. It will establish national practice bases for outstanding engineers, promote service-oriented manufacturing and producer services, and accelerate construction of standards, financial and talent support systems aligned with emerging-industry development. MIIT will pilot digital collaborative transformation across large, medium and small enterprises, launch a manufacturing quality excellence program, and support leading firms in forming upstream-downstream innovation consortia to foster integrated development and supply-chain collaborative innovation.

市场消息：日本外务副大臣船越健裕将于8月27日至29日访问美国。