Fed's Williams says we need to watch how monetary policy responds to the data.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said on the 9th it raised an air‑defense alert. The move follows a US strike on Iranian military facilities; Iran said it would soon carry out retaliatory strikes on US military facilities in Bahrain and other Gulf states.

The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued a notice requiring a system-wide, cross-basin and cross-regional approach to flood and drought work. It instructs scientifically precise operational scheduling of major flood-control projects and full use of flood-control infrastructure to reduce basin flood risk; stepped-up inspections and improved defensive effectiveness at key points — structures penetrating levees, hazardous works and sections, historical risk sites, reservoir dams and spillways — with prompt remediation of identified hazards; strengthened control of river and lake flood-storage space and readiness to employ flood-detention zones; and coordinated advancement of flood-control and drainage construction to prepare for heavy-rain and flood hazards during the critical flood-control period.