据俄新社：美国国务卿鲁比奥表示，欧洲国家应该承担更大比例的保卫欧洲大陆的国防开支。

Eurozone government bond yields rose in early trade, with French sovereign debt lagging after Paris reiterated plans to keep the deficit below 5% of GDP amid budget negotiations. ING strategists Michiel Tukker and Benjamin Schroeder said Le Pen’s fiscal proposals "may support French bonds in the short term, but a lack of credibility and pre-election uncertainty leave spreads at risk of widening." Eurozone yields tracked US Treasuries higher ahead of Fed minutes due later; Germany’s 10-year yield rose 2.2bp to 3.495%, France’s 10-year rose 5.4bp to 4.806%.

Japan's real wages rose 1.5% YoY in August, marking an eighth consecutive monthly increase, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said, supporting the Bank of Japan's case for further rate hikes after last month's policy-rate increase. The August real-wage gain was below July's revised 2.0% increase. Average nominal wages rose 3.8% YoY in August (July revised 4.3%); base pay +3.8% YoY (unchanged from revised July); overtime pay +5.2% (July revised 4.5%). The MHLW used a 2.2% inflation rate to calculate real wages, unchanged from July and below last year's 3.1%. Tokyo's September core CPI rose to a 10-month high last week, reinforcing upward price pressure and the case for additional BOJ tightening.