Reuters survey: After the July monetary policy meeting, 14 of 26 economists expect the RBNZ to raise rates by a further 25bps before end-September, taking the terminal policy rate to 2.75%.

Semiconductor and broader tech-sector volatility has picked up since July. Harvest Fund head of large-tech research Wang Guizhong told a company media briefing he remains positive on China tech assets and is optimistic about an accelerated domestic AI catch-up, saying AI-related tech currently shows no systemic risk and does not warrant a bearish conclusion. He favors optical communications tied to high-rate upgrades, parts of the chain seeing price recovery, and semiconductor equipment, citing AI-cluster interconnect demand, optical-module upgrades from 800G to 1.6T and trends such as co‑packaged optics (CPO) and non‑packaged optics (NPO) as durable demand drivers and higher-certainty growth within compute infrastructure.

Russian presidential aide Ushakov said Putin provided Trump with an accurate assessment of the battlefield situation in the Ukraine conflict.