Bank of Japan Deputy Governor HIMINO expects the accommodative policy environment to persist.

Qatar and Pakistan issued a joint statement saying the first round of US-Iran senior-level talks under a memorandum of understanding concluded in Switzerland. Parties agreed to form a high-level committee to provide political oversight of the mediation, with chief negotiators reporting regularly; the committee has agreed on a 60-day timeline to reach a final agreement and to allow immediate further technical talks. They also agreed to create a coordination group, with mediators' assistance, between the relevant parties and Lebanon to ensure cessation of military operations under the MoU; technical talks will continue this week at Switzerland's Bürgenstock resort on all outstanding issues.

Axios reported a diplomat participating in the talks said the Iranian delegation had not left and U.S.-Iran negotiations were continuing.