英国央行首席经济学家皮尔：未来一年将需要提高利率。

Dallas Federal Reserve President Logan said the Federal Open Market Committee using a voluntary central clearing mechanism for open market operations would improve operational efficiency and effectiveness and bolster US financial-market stability. She said such arrangements could increase use of Fed tools, including the standing repo facility, which is intended to supply liquidity to eligible institutions but has seen low market take-up; simplifying clearing could raise its appeal, some participants say. Logan also urged careful management of market leverage, stressing the need to balance leverage-driven returns against risks and to preserve an appropriate leverage–liquidity trade-off.

The Israel Defense Forces said troops recently discovered weapons emplacements in the southern Lebanon security zone containing launchers, machine guns, explosives, missiles and other arms belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization.