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New Zealand data – Building permits (July 2025) +5.4% m/m (prior -6.0%)

Australian S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (August) 53.0, its highest since September 2022

ICYMI – China data showed manufacturing sector contracted for a fifth straight month

China property sales drop 17.6% in August, housing slump hits sixth straight month

Trump denies all the weekend reports of his ill health, says he’s “never felt better”

Financial Times: Europe ‘pretty precise’ plan to send troops to Ukraine, von der Leyen

Switzerland says No on gold – Swiss gold industry warns against hasty US shift

Monday open levels, indicative FX prices, September 1, 2025

Economic calendar in Asia 01 September 2025 – Monday’s calendar in China manufacturing PMI

Red Sea shipping security alert: vessel near Saudi port reports projectile incident

China Manufacturing PMI (August 2025) 49.4 (expected 49.5) Services 50.3 (expected 50.3)

US Federal Appeals court rules that most of Trump’s tariffs are illegal