【土耳其總統埃爾多安表示將繼續加強與上合組織關係】土耳其總統埃爾多安7日表示，土耳其將繼續加強與上海合作組織的關係。根據土耳其總統府新聞聲明，埃爾多安在內閣會議後表示，土耳其是上合組織對話夥伴國，“近年來我們加強同多個地區性組織的關係，上合組織是其中尤爲重要的一個”。埃爾多安指出，上合組織成員國在全球人口和經濟產出中佔有相當大的比重，“潛力巨大”。埃爾多安表示，在上週于吉爾吉斯斯坦首都比什凱克舉行的“上海合作組織+”會議上，他再次重申土耳其加強與上合組織成員國貿易的決心。

Analyst Robert Howard says August US CPI could decide whether the Fed tilts toward a September hike or holds at next week’s policy meeting, and will drive dollar moves. Reuters survey median forecasts headline CPI +0.4% MoM/+3.4% YoY and core CPI +0.2% MoM/+2.4% YoY. A hotter print would amplify hawkish calls for a September hike and likely lift the dollar; a cooler print would bolster dovish case for a sixth consecutive hold, weighing on the currency. Markets put the probability of a rate increase this month at 57% after last Friday’s strong nonfarm payrolls pushed expectations hawkish; that shift came 24 hours after Waller’s dovish remarks that pressured the dollar and one week after Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole guidance had lifted it.

Iran parliament speaker Ghalibaf said Iran’s oil and gas production chain in the area is widely distributed, easily accessible and lacks protection, leaving U.S. oil and gas firms operating in the waters and facilities similarly exposed. He warned that attacks on Iranian assets would be met with strikes on U.S. assets, saying Iran has already demonstrated this and pointing to bases that are no longer operational.