cenc measured a magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 06:44 CST (UTC+8) on Sept 14 in waters off Taitung County, Taiwan; hypocenter depth 14 km.

German business groups warned on the 13th that sustained low water has sharply cut freight capacity on the Rhine and could cause substantial economic losses this year. Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Industry and Commerce spokesperson Nicole Laborde said the situation is "very severe" and losses will be "huge", though it is unclear whether they will exceed the 2018 low-water hit of at least €2.4bn.

Tension between the Australian government and the Reserve Bank of Australia will surface publicly when RBA leadership appears before a parliamentary committee on Friday. The bank has repeatedly warned inflation is proving persistent. The RBA deputy governor recently said the public is “angry” about high inflation and that “wherever I go, all I hear is cost, cost, cost; inflation, inflation, inflation.” Those remarks may be read as a critique of heavy government spending.