Early on the 15th local time, sounds of explosions were reported on Hengam Island and again at Bandar Abbas port in southern Iran.

Japan’s May core machinery orders fell 12.4% MoM, but a Norinchukin Research Institute economist said the decline mainly reflects a normalization after April’s 8.7% gain rather than a deterioration in investment fundamentals. He cited robust corporate profits, AI-related spending, labour shortages and market expectations for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s growth agenda as ongoing support for capital expenditure, and added that if tensions with Iran ease, machinery orders and other capex indicators are likely to remain firm.

美聯儲主席沃什：不希望貨幣政策偏向某一代人而影響首次購房的可負擔性。