Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on July 31, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on July 31, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on July 31, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on July 31, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on July 31, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on July 31, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Prices for different petrol grades are shown at a service station in Sydney, Australia, July 31, 2026. ustralian motorists continue to face higher fuel costs as global oil markets react to persistent uncertainty and escalating tensions in the Middle East. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Fuel nozzles for different grades of petrol are seen at a service station in Sydney on July 31, 2026, amid high fuel prices driven by global market uncertainty. ustralian motorists continue to face higher fuel costs as global oil markets react to persistent uncertainty and escalating tensions in the Middle East. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP via Getty Images)