US initial jobless claims 4-week moving average for week ended Aug 29: 207.25k; prior revised from 205.5k to 205.75k.

Bank of Japan accounts show there was no large-scale yen intervention on Wednesday.

Ghana Cocoa Marketing Company said adverse weather and disease are stressing trees and 2026/27 cocoa output could fall by more than one-third, exacerbating tightness in global chocolate raw material supply. Managing director Kofi Dogbe forecast production of 470,000–620,000 tonnes, versus about 760,000 tonnes last season. Dogbe’s range is below Bloomberg’s 650,000-tonne estimate last month.