Putin dismissed reports that Russian residents' savings could be frozen as 'stupid lies'.

美國戰略石油儲備上週減少312.2萬桶，降至2.866億桶，創1982年11月以來最低，當時最低值爲2.70455億桶；當前距離這一紀錄只剩約1615萬桶。按照過去四周約1820萬桶的下降速度，若釋放節奏不變，一個月內便可能刷新該序列最低值。庫存進一步降低也意味着若霍爾木茲海峽風險持續，市場對襲船、港口停運等消息的敏感度可能進一步提高。

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said the Farm Products Wholesale Price 200 Index was 116.17 on Sept. 3, up 0.01 point from the previous day; the vegetable-basket wholesale price index was 116.82, up 0.03 point. As of 14:00 on Sept. 3, national wholesale-market average prices were: pork 16.44 yuan/kg (up 0.2%), beef 69.50 yuan/kg (up 0.2%), mutton 65.50 yuan/kg (down 0.8%), eggs 10.81 yuan/kg (down 0.3%), chilled whole chicken 17.23 yuan/kg (up 0.7%).