FOMC minutes: Fed staff's GDP growth outlook is slightly below their April projection.

On July 8 the New Development Bank (NDB) appointed Fu Daopeng vice president and chief financial officer, responsible for the bank’s financing and funds management, finance, budgeting and accounting. Fu previously served as director of the Hubei Regulatory Bureau at China’s Ministry of Finance and has nearly 30 years in the public sector, with experience in fiscal policy and international public finance governance and familiarity with UN budget, finance and accounting frameworks and related rules.

Poland's president said he spoke briefly with U.S. President Trump yesterday; as usual, the discussion centered on a permanent U.S. military presence in Poland.