NZD/USD slipped below 0.56, down 0.35% intraday.

South Korea's finance minister said Seoul will implement its trade agreement with the United States and step up engagement with the US Congress and state governments.

Japan's real wages rose 2.2% YoY in September, the ninth consecutive monthly increase and faster than August's 1.6%, supporting the case for the Bank of Japan to continue raising rates. Average nominal wages increased 4.6% YoY to 311,409 yen, the fastest pace since January 1997 and above August's 3.9%. Regular (base) pay rose 3.7% YoY (vs 3.8% in August). Overtime pay growth slowed to 3.6% from a revised 4.9% in August. Special payments, led by lump-sum bonuses, jumped 32.6% in September (August 1.8%); the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said this spike reflects a statistical anomaly rather than higher bonus payouts. The inflation rate used to calculate the real-wage series accelerated from 2.2% in August to 2.4% in September, still below last year's 3.4%.