ECB President Lagarde said gas prices could rise if further supply disruptions or an unusually cold winter occur, especially given currently low storage levels.

Trump urged voters to pledge to vote in the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

Most surveyed institutions expect US August seasonally adjusted core CPI m/m at +0.2% (prior 0.2%, consensus 0.2%). Respondents at +0.2% include Citi, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, BofA, J.P. Morgan, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, HSBC, Nomura, ING, Societe Generale, Banco Santander, Standard Chartered, TD Securities, PNC and others. A smaller group — Scotiabank, DekaBank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and DZ Bank — forecast +0.3% m/m.