Bank of England monetary policy member-designate Megan Greene: Surplus productivity should ease upward pressure on wages.

Bank of England monetary policy member-designate Megan Greene: The outlook for UK economic growth has improved.

Megan Greene, Bank of England Monetary Policy Member-designate: Given the significant monetary policy tightening, indicators are not developing as one would expect.

According to Reuters media IFR: Softbank-backed Keep plans to be listed in Hong Kong as early as June, raising US$100 million.

Forrester, founder and chairman of FMG, the third largest iron ore producer in Australia: The company is considering a series of projects in Morocco.

After the release of the ZEW economic sentiment index for Germany and the euro zone in June, the euro against the US dollar EUR/USD rose in the short term to 1.0809, the highest since May 23.

The ZEW economic conditions index in the euro zone in June was -41.9, the previous value was -27.5.

The financial website Forexlive commented on the German ZEW economic index: This data is lower than the overall expectation, but at least the prosperity index has improved slightly, exceeding the expectation of further deterioration. The German think tank ZEW pointed out that experts still do not believe that the economic situation will improve in the second half of 2023, but the current economic recession is generally not particularly worrying.

German think tank ZEW: This means that experts do not expect the economic situation to improve in the second half of this year.

German think tank ZEW: The ZEW economic sentiment index shows a slight improvement, but is still in negative value.

German think tank ZEW: Especially export-related industries may underperform due to the weak global economy.

German think-tank ZEW: However, the current recession is generally not considered particularly worrisome.

WTI crude oil stood at $68/barrel, up 0.78% on the day.

KOREA PRESIDENTIAL: South Korea, US and Japan to hold security adviser meeting in Tokyo.

The Jordanian military said in a statement that it had shot down a drone that was carrying drugs from Syria.

Indonesia plans to attract 14 million foreign tourists next year.

According to NHK, the Japanese broadcasting association: Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will visit Japan in early July.

According to Shana, the official website of the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum: Iran and Venezuela have signed a cooperation agreement on oil and petrochemical products.