JP Morgan says it expects the Reserve Bank of Australia to deliver a fourth hike at the Sept. 29 meeting, forecasting a 25bp rise to 4.60%. JP Morgan Australia chief economist Ben Jarman said recent hawkish remarks from senior RBA officials "indicate a shift in stance" and flagged concerns over elevated oil prices, a surge in AI investment and domestic supply-side capacity — issues he expects to remain market focus into month-end.

Hungary's water authority monitoring data showed the Danube at Budapest plunged to a new historic low of 1 cm on the 8th (local time). The extreme low has severely disrupted river navigation, with exposed riverbed debris threatening traffic, and Hungary's only nuclear plant, Paks, briefly facing shutdown risk due to cooling-water constraints. Water specialists attribute the fall to extreme drought across the Danube basin; at the end of July the Budapest gauge read 27 cm, already below the prior record of 33 cm set on Oct. 25, 2018.

沙特外交大臣称赞了沙特与俄罗斯的双边关系。