Commuters walk past advertising panels for a soft drink in the metro station in Tokyo's Itabashi ward on August 17, 2026. Japanese economic growth showed a surprise slowdown in the second quarter, official data showed, as capital expenditure dropped along with consumption. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

A customer waits by a shoe repair store in the metro in Tokyo's Itabashi ward on August 17, 2026. Japanese economic growth showed a surprise slowdown in the second quarter, official data showed, as capital expenditure dropped along with consumption. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman buys vegetables at a grocery store in Tokyo's Itabashi ward on August 17, 2026. Japanese economic growth showed a surprise slowdown in the second quarter, official data showed, as capital expenditure dropped along with consumption. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Brazil's President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), Brazil's Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin (L) and Brazil's Economy Minister Fernando Haddad (background) walk amid cofetti holding a national flag during a campaign rally at 1º de Mayo municipal stadium in Sao Bernardo do Campo, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 16, 2026. Brazilians will go to the polls next October 4 once again deeply polarized and under the shadow of US President Donald Trump, who has backed conservative candidates in recent elections in Latin America. (Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters shout slogans and hold a poster of Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman during a protest against increased petroleum levy, rising fuel prices and inflation in Karachi on August 16, 2026. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Brazil's President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C L) and Brazil's Economy Minister Fernando Haddad hold a flag of Sao Paulo state during a campaign rally at 1º de Mayo municipal stadium in Sao Bernardo do Campo, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 16, 2026. Brazilians will go to the polls next October 4 once again deeply polarized and under the shadow of US President Donald Trump, who has backed conservative candidates in recent elections in Latin America. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP via Getty Images)

Jamaat-e-Islami party supporters shout slogans as they block a motorway during a protest against increased petroleum levy, rising fuel prices and inflation in Lahore on August 16, 2026. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP via Getty Images)

Jamaat-e-Islami party supporters shout slogans as they block a motorway during a protest against increased petroleum levy, rising fuel prices and inflation in Lahore on August 16, 2026. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP via Getty Images)