U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said he knows what Japan intends to do.

RBNZ Governor Breman said the central bank is committed to returning inf to target and that monetary policy is working to curb inf.

On Sept. 1 EU defense ministers met informally to discuss military support for Ukraine, the Russia-Ukraine war and Middle East tensions. kallas said Ukraine’s defense minister reiterated that air defense remains one of Kyiv’s most urgent needs, but ministers made no substantive progress on the issue. kallas said the EU is seeking additional air-defense systems and sources of interceptor missiles and urged member states to reassess national stockpiles and consider providing or selling Patriot interceptor missiles nearing expiry to Ukraine.