The broad crackdown across multiple sectors continues in China
No details just yet but just be wary of this as it plays to the wider regulatory measures being imposed across the Chinese market as of late.

Remarks by the PBOC on the prospects of a digital yuan
In case you missed Eamonn’s earlier in the day and how this ties to the crackdown of Alibaba and other firms threatening China’s financial payments system.

Equities in a better mood towards the end of the week
Dip buyers in the S&P 500 and Dow will be looking to snap a four-day losing streak, as risk sentiment looks to be holding firmer in the final trading day this week.

ECB announces their latest monetary policy decision – 9 September 2021
In any case, as mentioned earlier , the optics may suggest a more hawkish tilt but essentially this will be balanced out by continued (and likely higher) APP purchases once the PEPP envelope expires in March next year.
So, it is basically just an operational/technical taper

Forex news from the European trading session – 9 September 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, CAD lags on the day
– European equities lower; S&P 500 futures down 0.2%

Remarks by Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga
His final acts as prime minister would arguably be to try and get the country on the right path in countering the virus trend and in the past two weeks, that seems to be the case at least as vaccinations (49% of population fully vaccinated) also pick up.

Adds that EMA expects to decide on Pfizer filing for booster shots in a few weeks from now
For now, authorities are still calm on the need for booster shots but I reckon they would be a more important topic as we approach the winter months of this year.

Atlanta Fed president, Raphael Bostic, remarks in an interview with the WSJ
– Does not expect a call on tapering at this month’s FOMC meeting
– But believes Fed will be able to taper later this year
There is a subtle shift in the Fed’s taper narrative as the US non-farm payrolls miss on Friday last week sowed

Forex news from the European trading session – 8 September 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– NZD leads, EUR lags on the day
– European equities lower; S&P 500 futures flat

Remarks by SNB vice chairman, Fritz Zurbruegg