U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent told Fox News that Iran's president and parliament speaker have publicly acknowledged severe economic distress. He said the Iranian currency has collapsed, inf has topped 100%, and the government is unable to pay military salaries. Bessent said the U.S. is imposing the "toughest sanctions in history" to comprehensively suppress the regime and warned it will cut Iran off from all economic and political ties and sanction any entities that do business with Tehran.

日本央行審議委員高田創：需警惕海外推高物價因素出現時，日本物價可能面臨超出預期的上漲幅度。

South Korean equities fell more than 3% on Wednesday as an escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict pushed up bond yields and pressured risk assets. The U.S. launched a large-scale airstrike on Iran on Tuesday and Iran retaliated, the most serious flare-up in weeks. Kiwoom Securities analysts said market sensitivity to oil and bond yields has risen. Korea’s August consumer inflation accelerated year-on-year due to a low-compare base but came in below expectations. Heavyweights Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and LG Energy Solution slid over 3%; Hyundai Motor and Kia dropped more than 5%.