日本央行前官員Eiji Maeda：我預計下一次加息將在12月進行，隨後在3月或4月還會再加息一次。目前的加息節奏已加快至大約每三個月一次，我認爲這是合適的。

Nasdaq futures rose 1% in early Wednesday trade. SpaceX (SPCX.O) earnings and reports of a potential merger with Tesla (TSLA.O) lifted U.S. technology stocks in after-hours trading.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday with U.S. special envoy Witkoff to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, foreign media reported. At the outset of the meeting Russia released a detained U.S. retired teacher as a goodwill gesture. Russian agencies quoted Putin thanking U.S. President Trump for efforts to resolve the conflict and saying Russia is interested in restoring economic ties with the United States. Witkoff, in his ninth face-to-face meeting with Putin, said a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire has a basis and urged consideration of trilateral talks between Russia, the U.S. and Ukraine.