The New Taiwan dollar weakened to 32.468 per US dollar, its weakest level since early August.

Chicago Fed President Goolsbee said this week’s consumer and producer price readings came in above expectations and were "disappointing." He said he "remains somewhat hopeful": if the factors lifting inflation — whether tariffs or supply disruptions from the Middle East war — fade quickly, that would be the best outcome; if inflation instead reflects overheated demand or a large-scale buildout of AI data centers, it would be more concerning and would require policy action.

US core PPI MoM (Sep) +0.7% vs +0.30% expected; prior +0.20%.