Israel's prime minister Netanyahu said he will not establish a Palestinian state while he remains in office, neither in Gaza nor in the West Bank.

Bank of Japan July meeting minutes: one member said producer prices rose on higher import costs, but consumer inflation remains below 2%.

NBS Beijing survey team on Aug 10 said July Beijing CPI rose 0.2% MoM (June -0.4%) and rose 0.2% YoY, a 0.5 ppt slowdown from June. Food prices fell 0.6% MoM, a 0.6 ppt narrower decline than last month. By item: seasonal fruit supply pushed fresh fruit down 4.0%; eggs fell 1.7% on ample supply; pork rose early in the month then eased but ended up 5.1% for July; fresh vegetables rose 0.9% amid heavy rain in key producing areas. Food prices were down 2.6% YoY, subtracting roughly 0.33 ppt from headline CPI.