Bank of England deputy governor Lombardelli said it may be necessary to raise interest rates further in the near term.

日经225指数突破59000点，日内涨0.91%。

The National Development and Reform Commission said it will strengthen price-regulation mechanisms for key livelihood goods during the 15th Five-Year Plan to protect basic living standards. It will upgrade monitoring and early-warning systems—improving the quality and timeliness of monitoring and analysis to support pre-emptive supply and price-stability measures; optimize long-term controls, implementing support policies including minimum procurement prices for paddy and wheat, and enhance production-to-sales links and cross-regional coordination so stable supply underpins price stability; and step up management of market expectations by mandating supply-demand analysis and information releases to guide production and consumption toward a higher-level dynamic supply-demand balance and more orderly prices.