加拿大第二季度勞動生產率季率 1%，前值-0.50%。

Three trade sources said Asian wheat importers have purchased at least 500,000 tonnes of Australian and Argentine wheat after attacks on ships and export infrastructure in the Black Sea delayed deliveries. Buyers, including Indonesia — named in the source as the world's second-largest wheat importer — are paying markedly higher prices to secure alternative shipments, the sources said. An Asia-based trader said multiple bulk deals for Australian and Argentine wheat were struck in the past week to 10 days to replace cargoes expected from Russia and Ukraine that have not arrived. The shift highlights acute short-term supply stress for import-dependent countries.

The Hungarian national meteorological service said on the 2nd that August 2026 nationwide average temperature reached 24.9°C, 3.7°C above the 1991–2020 mean, the highest single-month average since records began in 1901. Multiple locations recorded August averages above 25°C, parts of the southern Great Plain exceeded 26°C, surpassing the previous national single-month record of 24.6°C set in August 1992.