New Zealand Q3 CPI q/q 0.7% (consensus 0.8%); prior 1.5%.

The 2026 World Physical AI Conference and Yushu Partner Ecosystem Conference were held in Hangzhou. Yushu Technology chairman, general manager and CTO Wang Xingxing announced the World Physical AI Competition, offering an annual prize pool of tens of millions of yuan. The contest is open to global teams and individuals and will run eight tracks: mobile locomotion, athletics, combat, dexterous manipulation, manufacturing, sports events, multimodal interaction and eldercare, aimed at concentrating global innovation and accelerating breakthroughs in physical AI.

Bank of Korea will decide the timing and pace of any further benchmark interest rate increases while assessing trends in inflation, the domestic economy and financial stability.