France Q2 GDP preliminary q/q +0.2%, in line with consensus +0.2%; prior -0.1%.

SAMR’s Price Supervision and Anti-Unfair Competition Bureau will hold a photovoltaic-sector price-compliance guidance event on July 31, with invitees including the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) and related PV companies. A top executive at a PV module maker confirmed the event will take place in Yancheng, Jiangsu. The stated aim is to guide the sector to strengthen cost accounting and implement the Photovoltaic Industry Cost Accounting Model General Rules. An industry source said preparations are ongoing and attendee lists are being compiled.

Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh said he has known almost all of the working-group leaders for a long time.