[AMD MI250 chip performance may reach 80% of Nvidia A100] MosaicML, an artificial intelligence start-up company, recently tested and compared the performance of AMD MI250 chip and Nvidia A100 chip. MosaicML found that the performance of AMD chips can reach 80% of Nvidia chips, which is largely due to the new version of the software released by AMD late last year and the new version of the open source software PyTorch. If AMD continues to update the software according to the current progress, the performance of the MI250 chip is expected to catch up with the Nvidia A100 chip. MosaicML chief technology officer said, "For most (machine learning) chip companies, software is the biggest weakness."

Bank of Japan Tankan survey: Japanese companies expect consumer prices to rise by 2.6% in one year, compared to 2.8% in the previous survey; Japanese companies expect consumer prices to rise by an average of 2.1% annually in the next five years, the same as the previous survey .

Bank of Japan Tankan Report: All Japanese companies expect the average USD/JPY exchange rate to be 132.43 in the 2023/24 fiscal year.

In the second quarter of Japan, the tankan small manufacturing industry judgment index was -5, expected -4, and the previous value was -6.

In the second quarter of Japan, tankan large-scale all-industry capital expenditure was 13.4, expected 10.1, and the previous value was 3.20.

According to a reporter from the Ukrainian Information newspaper, Russia has recently set up 44 "military registration and conscription offices" in the Zaporozhye region, and all citizens of military service age or reserve soldiers will be registered at their place of residence.

The annual rate of building permits in New Zealand in May was -17.7%, the previous value was -25.9%.

The monthly rate of building permits in New Zealand in May was -2.2%, the previous value was -2.60%.

According to Nikkei News: Japan’s Komeito Party said that Tokyo Electric Power Company should avoid discharging nuclear wastewater into the sea during the beach tourism season.

According to Agence France-Presse: Ukraine says Russian troops are advancing in "heavy battle".

[The probability that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points in July is 84.3%] According to CME "Fed Watch": The probability that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged at 5.00%-5.25% in July is 15.7%, and raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.25%- The probability of the 5.50% range is 84.3%; the probability of maintaining interest rates until September is 11.1%, the probability of accumulative rate hikes of 25 basis points is 64.4%, and the probability of accumulative rate hikes of 50 basis points is 24.5%.

The three major U.S. stock index futures and spot gold opened flat on Monday.

WTI crude oil opened slightly higher by 0.2% on Monday and was last at $70.66 a barrel.

EUR/USD remained stable at the beginning of the Asian session at 1.0908, as riots in France continued to expand over the weekend.

British doctors are promised more pay rises if they end their strike, according to The Times.

US National Hurricane Center: Subtropical Cyclone Adrian is currently located approximately 530 miles (855 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph (45 km/h), and is expected to weaken further with a residual low pressure The system may dissipate within the next few days.

Baltimore Acting Police Chief: A mass shooting occurred in Baltimore, involving multiple gunmen. In the incident, 14 victims under the age of 18 were shot, and nine people are still in the hospital.

According to the Wall Street Journal: US Tyson Foods will reintroduce certain antibiotics in chicken, removing the "Never use antibiotics" label.

[Some staff members of the Russian embassy in Romania left the country at the request of the Romanian side] According to TASS news agency citing the Russian embassy in Romania, because the Romanian side asked Russia to reduce the number of diplomatic staff in Romania, 40 staff members of the Russian embassy in Romania (together with others) 80 family members) left Romania on July 1.