Iraq's State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) set September official selling price for Basrah Medium crude to Asia at a $4/bbl discount to the Oman/Dubai average.

The PBOC issued its '15th Five‑Year' reform and development plan, calling for a rationally distributed, well‑governed, advanced, reliable and resilient financial infrastructure system. Key measures include improving central bank service quality and efficiency; upgrading financial statistics, payments, treasury and cash‑service systems; steady development of the digital renminbi; promotion of high‑quality credit‑reporting services; strengthened anti‑money‑laundering supervision; and reinforcing legal and digital governance of central‑bank functions.

A leisure boat capsized near Liberty Island in New York Harbor on the evening of the 8th, killing a 27-year-old woman and a five-month-old infant. Twelve people were rescued. The NYPD and FDNY said the vessel overturned at about 22:25 local time. Authorities have not confirmed whether the victims were related and said the cause is under investigation.