[Bull and Bear Materials]

Bullish materials

The Nikkei Average rose (39,332.74, +697.12).

US crude oil futures rose (77.14, +2.76).

USAInflationExpecting a calming period.

Active share buybacks

Request for improvement in corporate value by the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Bearish materials

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell (41,954.24, -398.51).

The Nasdaq Composite Index fell (17,923.90, -213.94).

1 dollar = 148.00-10 yen.

Chicago Nikkei Futures fell (38,915, Osaka comparison -455).

SOX Index fell (5,196.80, -10.03).

VIX Index rose (22.64, +3.43).

US long-term interest rates rose

Prolonged fighting in Ukraine and Israel.

Concerns about a slowdown in China's economy.

Uncertainty about the future of the US presidential election.

Notes to be aware of:

Monthly labor statistics (August).

Household survey (August).

Consumer trends index (August).

International balance of payments (current account) (August)

Trade statistics (mid-late September)

Securities trading contracts with foreign and domestic parties (September)

30-year government bond auction

Economic watchers survey (September)

Number of corporate bankruptcies (September)

- Press conference by Keidanren Chairman Tokura.

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Minutes of the Australian Central Bank Board Meeting (September session).

German Industrial Production Index (August).

A Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Director giving a keynote speech at an event hosted by the European Central Bank (ECB).

Eurogroup Financial Ministers Council.

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

- Brazil FGV Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) (last week)

US Trade Balance (August).

- Speech by the President of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank.

Boston Federal Reserve President's Speech

3-year US government bond auction