天然气新闻：市场将3.125美元视为EIA储能报告发布前的关键水平。天然气期货价格保持在3.125美元附近，交易员正在等待今天的EIA库存报告。天气、生产和需求趋势推动短期价格预测。

Natural Gas News: Market Eyes $3.125 as Key Level Ahead of EIA Storage Report Today.Natural gas futures hold near $3.125 as traders await today's EIA inventory report. Weather, production, and demand trends drive short-term price forecast.

英格兰银行减缓债券发行速度并保持利率不变。周四，英格兰银行首次放慢了减少政府债券库存的计划步伐，并将销售从长期债券转向长期债券，以尽量减少对波动的金边债券市场的影响。

Bank of England slows pace of bond rundown and keeps rates on hold.The Bank of England slowed the pace of its programme to run down its stockpile of government bonds for the first time on Thursday and skewed sales away from long-dated debt to minimise the impact on volatile gilt markets.

新西兰元因GDP疲软而下跌。新西兰经济在第二季度暴跌，环比下降0.9%。这与第一季度0.9%的涨幅相比急剧下滑，低于市场预期的-0.3%。

New Zealand Dollar Sinks on Soft GDP.New Zealand's economy took a tumble in the second quarter, declining 0.9% q/q. This was a sharp downturn from the Q1 gain of 0.9% and below the market estimate of -0.3%.

周四，随着市场对央行举措的评估，富时100指数小幅上涨。英格兰银行将利率维持在4%，放缓了债券销售计划，并表示将缩减长期金边债券的销售。在美国，美联储如预期般降息，但警告不要出现快速宽松周期，同时暗示在劳动力市场疲软的情况下，今年仍有可能再降息两次。美元走强提振了大型跨国公司，尽管零售商Next拖累该指数，在谨慎更新后下跌近4%。尽管该公司报告上半年销售额增长10%，利润增长14%，均超过预期，但该公司仍坚持其指导方针，并警告称，由于就业疲软和英国经济增长缓慢，下半年增长将放缓。尽管如此，Next仍宣布增加股息。

The FTSE 100 edged higher on Thursday as markets assessed central bank moves. The Bank of England kept rates at 4%, slowed its bond sales program, and said it will scale back sales of longer-dated gilts. In the US, the Federal Reserve cut rates as expected but cautioned against a rapid easing cycle, while signaling two more cuts remain likely this year amid labor market weakness. A stronger dollar boosted large multinationals, though retailer Next dragged on the index, falling almost 4% after a cautious update. Despite reporting a 10% rise in first-half sales and a 14% profit increase, both beating forecasts, the company stuck to its guidance and warned that second-half growth would slow due to weak employment and sluggish UK growth. Still, Next announced a dividend increase.