Fed's Williams said the US economy has already shown significant resilience.

Australia's unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in August, above economists' 4.5% forecast, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. Employment increased by 39,500 versus an expected 20,000, while the participation rate rose to 67.1% from 66.9%. ABS head of labour statistics Sean Crick said the share of people moving into unemployment from outside the labour force was higher than in recent years. The report is the last major data point before the Reserve Bank of Australia's end-September meeting and complicates the RBA's 'slightly tight' labour market assessment: higher participation may reflect a stronger labour supply or rising cost-of-living pressure driving more people to seek work.

據伊通社（IRNA）報道，一項針對以色列議會選舉的最新民調顯示，以色列反對派陣營預計將獲得52個議席，領先於以色列總理內塔尼亞胡領導的聯盟所獲的51個議席。不過，民調結果顯示，兩大陣營均無法獲得組建政府所需的61個多數席位。