Germany Aug seasonally adjusted unemployment change +4,000 vs. +5,000 expected; prior +6,000.

Panama Canal congestion is forcing some liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers to take atypical routes — including rare sailings around South America — or to perform ship-to-ship transfers near Balboa on the Pacific side. Vessel-tracking shows two ultra-large oil tankers recently conducted an STS operation off Balboa; traders and brokers said this allows one ship to shuttle through the canal to sustain LPG supplies to Asian customers. Argus Media reports queue times have reached up to 19 days, the longest since 2022; some operators are paying millions of dollars to jump the line. Increased rerouting via the canal has been driven in part by the Iran war, while El Nifio-linked drought has cut water levels and prompted authorities to tighten limits on vessel cargo loads and daily transits.

周二，印度国防部长拉杰纳特·辛格（Rajnath Singh）批准将印度国防研究与发展组织（DRDO）开发的技术转让给印度国防企业，用于在国内生产所有常规导弹系统。DRDO是印度国防部下属的科研与开发机构。此举是新德里推进“自力更生”（Aatmanirbharta）计划的一部分，旨在加强印度国防制造业，并降低对海外供应商的依赖，同时提升国防出口能力以及对巴基斯坦的威慑力。但分析人士表示，印度推动国防制造业自主化仍是一个遥远的目标，因为其导弹供应链仍依赖进口零部件，而私营企业能否在短期内独立生产复杂武器系统，也还有待证明。