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Japan's household consumer confidence index in June was 33.8, expected 34.1, and the previous value was 33.6.

The final value of India's manufacturing PMI in June was 54.2, which was expected to be 55 and the previous value was 54.5.

Japan's top foreign exchange official: As far as I know, the United States has never made any comments expressing opposition to our approach; on the contrary, the United States has actually made some more supportive remarks.

Japan's top foreign exchange official: Judging from the subsequent market trends, I think that intervention was obviously meaningful.

Japan's top foreign exchange official: Japan's foreign exchange market intervention two months ago to support the yen was successful and received support from some U.S. officials.

Japan's 40-year government bond yield fell 2.0 basis points to 3.785%.

Japan's 5-year government bond yield rose 2.5 basis points to 1.915%.

Japan's 2-year government bond yield rose 2.0 basis points to 1.395%.

ECB Governing Council member De Marco: It is worth noting that even the more moderate scenario in the latest forecast still includes the assumption of further tightening of policy. Therefore, if future data confirms this scenario, the ECB may still need to raise interest rates further.

European Central Bank Governing Council member De Marco: But we have not seen any of the above situations so far.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Demarco: Only if there is a second round of inflation effects, or if inflation expectations are unanchored, will there be grounds for further interest rate increases.

European Central Bank Governing Council member De Marco said falling energy prices should quickly translate into a fall in inflation expectations and ease pressure on wages.

International Energy Agency: U.S. spending on coal and natural gas power plants is expected to reach $50 billion this year.

ECB Governing Council member Demarco: No second-round effects, excessive wage pressures or unanchored inflation expectations are seen.

ECB Governing Council member De Marco said the ECB can wait until the next round of economic forecasts before deciding whether further tightening is needed. The European Central Bank should not rush forward with its next rate hike after oil prices fell.

Anthropic: Will work with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other Glasswing partners to develop a framework for assessing the severity of AI jailbreaking.

Anthropic: Fable 5 access will be re-enabled on AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry as soon as possible.

Anthropic: We will continue to coordinate with the U.S. government to expand the open scope of the Mythos 5 model under the "Glasswing" program so that more domestic and international partners can gain access.

Decision Desk HQ prediction: Melat Kiros wins the Democratic primary for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, defeating incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette.

Citi: It is expected that the average price of TTF natural gas in 2027 will be 27 euros per megawatt hour (9.2 US dollars per million British thermal units), JKM LNG at US$9.5 per million British thermal units, and US Henry Hub natural gas at US$2.8 per million British thermal units.