Reserve Bank of India governor said he expects a special scheme to boost dollar inflows to bring about $150 billion in inflows.

At a UN Security Council session on the 12th, Chinese Deputy Permanent Representative Sun Lei said China expects the Syrian transition government to take more practical measures to address international concerns and act in the interests of the Syrian people. Sun identified four priorities: political transition, terrorist threats, economic and livelihood issues, and sovereignty/security. China urged the transition authorities to maintain a firm anti‑terror stance and convert political commitments into concrete actions.

Market turmoil after the conflict involving Iran has pushed broker-mediated trades in the European repo market to 16.2% of outstanding repos as of June, the highest level since 2012, ICMA's semiannual survey of banks and institutions shows. That is about a 2.5 percentage-point increase versus the prior six months. Electronic trading's market share fell to 24.3%, a 16-year low. The shifts followed a government-bond sell-off and investor runs to liquidity, with participants moving toward more opaque financing channels. Manual brokers—matching trades by phone or instant messaging—have been increasingly relied on since 2022, especially when liquidity is thin or volatility rises.