News flow from the weekend appeared light with headlines from China and Japan being the only ones that gained major attention, apart from the wildfires in British Columbia.

That said, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced on Sunday, per Reuters, “China will coordinate financial support to resolve local government debt problems.”

It’s worth noting that the PBoC met with the Chinese financial regulator and the securities regulator late last week amid concerns about the spillover effects from the nation’s reality sector debt crisis, as well as doubts about the local government bonds.

"Financial support to the real economy must be strong enough" while major banks should increase lending, the statement of the joint meeting mentioned by Reuters.

On the other hand, Japan's Central Minimum Wages Council, an advisory body to the Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare, advised the weighted average minimum hourly wage by ¥41 in fiscal 2023, from ¥31 in the last fiscal year. The same will boost the minimum wage to ¥1,002, the highest since the record-keeping began