BANK OF JAPAN said Governor UEDA will miss this week's Jackson Hole symposium.

Australia construction completions QoQ -2.1% in Q2, expected 0.5%, prior 3.4%.

Responding to US announcement of a new round of sanctions on Iran, Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman Ansari said on the 25th that the measures are unilateral. He said Qatar is continuing efforts to bring the US and Iran back to the negotiating table and urged all parties to engage sincerely in mediation led by Qatar, Pakistan and other regional states. Ansari said Qatar supports resolving the crisis through dialogue and that an immediate priority is restoring freedom of navigation and returning the Strait of Hormuz to its pre-crisis openness.