According to Interfax: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with military commanders on Tuesday evening.

UBS Global Research: The Bank of England is expected to start cutting interest rates in August, rather than in June as previously predicted.

At least 35 people were killed in a fire in southern Kuwait, according to Kuwaiti state media.

Bank of Thailand: Exports are expected to grow by 1.8% in 2024 (2.0% in April). The number of foreign tourists is expected to reach 35.5 million in 2024 (the same as the forecast in April).

Malaysian Prime Minister: A final agreement on the special economic zone will be reached with Singapore soon.

Market news: Ghana will delay the delivery of up to 350,000 tons of cocoa beans.

Sources: There was a technical failure in the liquidity window provided by the Reserve Bank of India to banks.

India’s finished steel imports hit a five-year high in April-May, while exports hit a six-year low, government data showed.

Bank of Thailand: Export growth is expected to be sluggish this year.

Bank of Thailand: Inflation will return to target level in the fourth quarter.

Bank of Thailand: Tourism and domestic demand drive economic growth.

Bank of Thailand: GDP growth is expected to be 3.0% in 2025 (the same as the forecast in April).

Bank of Thailand: GDP growth rate is expected to be 2.6% in 2024 (the same as the forecast in April), overall inflation rate is expected to be 0.6% in 2024 (the same as the forecast in April), and core inflation rate is expected to be 0.5% in 2024 (0.6% forecast in April).

The Bank of Thailand kept its key interest rate unchanged at 2.5%, in line with market expectations.

The central bank of Thailand decided the interest rate to be 2.5% as of June 12, in line with expectations of 2.50% and the previous value of 2.50%.

Azerbaijan Energy Ministry: Oil production in May was 62,118 barrels per day.

Gazprom: Continues to supply natural gas to Europe through Ukraine, with volumes reaching 42.2 million cubic meters on Wednesday.

German gas giant Uniper: An arbitration court has ordered the company to pay more than 13 billion euros in damages for the volume of gas not supplied by Gazprom since mid-2022. Any money recovered will go to the German federal government.