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Reminder: It will be a long weekend in the US

investingLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: Yen lifts a touch on Kato verbal intervention

US BLS recalls staff to finish CPI report, prioritising Social Security and Fed timelines

Akazawa – Lutnick call more detail: the pair spoke for an hour

US Tsunami Warning System: Tsunami threat after 7.4 earthquake strikes Philippines

Shut down continues. US Senate to pack up for a long weekend – not back until Tuesday.

Japan’s Akazawa says (again!) that US Japan trade deal implementing smoothly

Citigroup expects softer US CPI, disinflation trend intact. Weaker labour, housing markets

Japan PPI (September 2025) +2.7% y/y (expected +2.5%)

Escalation – Trump to deploy US boots on the ground in Middle East, but not in Gaza

Bessent says he expects a rebalancing ‘soon’, where India buys less Russian oil

Big news – US plans to release the September CPI report data despite government shut down