U.S. President Trump said he hopes interest rates will fall.

PBOC spokesperson and Deputy Governor Zou Lan said at a State Council Information Office briefing on the 15th that the central bank will continue to steadily refine its monetary policy operations framework to better guide market overnight rates to trade close to policy rates. In line with primary dealers’ needs, the PBOC will study gradually increasing the frequency of overnight reverse repo operations and will coordinate communication with the market.

Bank of Korea Governor Shin said all components of Korea's GDP are performing robustly.