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U.S. EIA weekly crude oil inventories, Cushing crude stocks and Strategic Petroleum Reserve inventories for the week ended Sept. 4 will be released in 10 minutes.

Foreign media report the Russian central bank will decide today whether to pause its rate-cut cycle. Fuel supply disruptions and higher government spending have raised inflation risks, increasing pressure on Governor Nabiullina. Insiders say the Kremlin did not instruct the central bank to make a specific decision ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled one week after the rate announcement, easing a political overhang that was present in July when President Putin twice publicly urged lower rates.