🌏 Morning Update (22.08.2025) 📈 Asia-Pacific equities are mixed today: 🇯🇵 JP225 -0.25% | 🇦🇺 AU200 -0.35% 🇨🇳 Chinese indices +0.20% to +0.95% 💱 FX market: 💵 USD and 🇦🇺 AUD are both gaining. ⚡ AUD supported by improved sentiment. ⚡ USD backed by strong PMI data. Markets stay cautious ahead of Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. 🏦 Fed Watch: Probability of a September cut reduced to 73.3% 📉 Goldman Sachs still expects 3 cuts starting September Boston Fed’s Collins 🗣 open to a cut, warning tariffs hurt consumers. Chicago Fed’s Goolsbee: meeting remains “open,” stagflation risks rising. 🤖 Corporate News: Nvidia’s CEO 🙏 regulators for approving H20 chip exports to China. ✅ Chips pose no security threat. 📅 Nvidia to host its first-ever GTC conference in Washington – closer U.S. ties in AI confirmed. 🇯🇵 Japan Data: Core CPI: 3.1% y/y (forecast 3.0%) Headline inflation slowed to 3.1% (from 3.3%) → gradual disinflation confirmed. ⚡ Stay alert – Powell’s words at Jackson Hole could set the market’s next big move! 🚀