White House economic adviser Hassett said he and President Trump see no reason to raise interest rates and that it is important for the Fed to keep policy unchanged ahead of the election. Hassett said Trump fully respects Wosh's independence.

Sweden holds its quadrennial parliamentary election on Sept 13. Polling stations are open 08:00–20:00 local time; the Election Authority expects preliminary counts from about 21:00 and a first provisional seat allocation may be available early on Sept 14. The 349-seat Riksdag contest pits incumbent Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing bloc against former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s center-left bloc. Latest polls show Andersson’s bloc still overall ahead but the margin narrowed on the eve of the vote.

The Korea Exchange will extend trading into evening hours from Monday, opening almost all domestic stocks until 8:00pm local time versus the current 3:30pm close, as an initial step toward a target of 24-hour trading from December 2027. The move—unprecedented among major Asian bourses—aims to attract sustained global investor demand and will test whether longer hours can sustain liquidity and meet investor needs amid cooling interest in Korean equities. A senior investment manager at a London asset manager, Lee Young-jae, said longer trading windows give investors more flexibility and tend to improve market efficiency, and that trading-focused and hedge fund investors may use the hours more frequently. BofA's head of Korea equity sales, Edward Kim, called it another step in the evolution of Korea's capital markets and their accessibility to global investors.