NHC: Potential Tropical Cyclone One is centered about 255 miles (410 km) southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana, with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph (45 km/h).

Oxford Economics expects Canadian core inflation to stay below 2% for the remainder of 2026, citing spare capacity, slowing population growth and business and household uncertainty from U.S. trade policy, the Middle East conflict and AI deployment. Economist Michael Davenport said the BOC would need to see "clear signs of broadened inflation" across the CPI basket and a rise in long-term inflation expectations to justify rate hikes this year. Oxford's baseline anticipates a 50bp BOC policy rate increase in 1H 2027, but Davenport said that outlook depends on the outcome of U.S.-Canada trade talks.

CHINA STATE PLANNER and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said the Implementation of the Employment‑First Strategy (15th Five‑Year Plan) sets nine priority tasks, led by an employment‑first macro orientation and stronger macro‑policy coordination to support jobs. The plan mandates actions to stabilise and expand employment and improve job quality, including adapting to AI to promote employment and entrepreneurship, coordinating industry and employment, stabilising employment in labor‑intensive sectors, expanding service‑sector employment capacity, and tapping emerging fields’ job‑absorption potential. It also calls for strengthened worker protections, an improved labour‑standards framework and labour‑relations consultation mechanisms, and guarantees of equal employment rights.