i24News reports Israel will hold parliamentary elections on Oct 27, the first scheduled (non-snap) parliamentary election since 1988.

A Wall Street Journal survey showed the probability of a US recession fell to 25% from 33% in April.

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities strategists said Katayama’s remarks last Friday could provide short-term support to the yen and sentiment in the Japanese government bond market, calling the comments a form of verbal intervention against yen weakness and volatility in ultra-long JGBs. They estimate a 1 percentage-point increase in Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) domestic bond allocation would mechanically generate about ¥660 billion of 7–11 year JGB demand and roughly ¥800 billion of 11+ year JGB demand, based on GPIF securities-level market-value weights as of end-March 2026. The strategists warned this mechanical flow risk should not be ignored.