RBNZ chair Breman said expectations of higher costs could keep inf elevated.

ECB executive board member PANETTA said assessing the extent of energy-price pass-through is key to the ECB's June interest-rate decision.

The 10th China–South Asia Expo will be held June 11-16 in Kunming, Yunnan, aimed at boosting China–South Asia trade; organizers will provide substantial free exhibition space for South Asian countries to promote products. Bilateral trade topped $200 bln in 2025, up 10.7% YoY; in the first four months of this year China–South Asia trade rose 15.8% YoY. China is currently the largest trading partner of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.