Guangzhou will raise the minimum housing provident fund contribution base to 2,680 yuan from 2,500 yuan, effective Sept 1, 2026.

The Bank of Thailand governor said recent gold-trading curbs have weakened gold's influence on the baht and could be tightened further. In March the BOT capped online gold trades at 50 mln THB per person per day (~$1.5 mln) and encouraged larger investors to settle in USD rather than THB; the governor said the cap could be cut to 30 mln THB or lower if needed. The 60-day correlation between the baht and gold prices has fallen from a 0.85 peak last year to 0.3 in April, a four-year low. The BOT is increasing scrutiny: requiring declarations for physical gold withdrawals above 2 kg has reduced such withdrawals by about 70%. Authorities are also tightening controls on cash payments for gold purchases over 10 mln THB and on cash deposits/exchange transactions above 5 mln THB. The governor said he supports a Thai Finance Ministry proposal to tax some gold transactions to boost transparency, provided rates are low and do not burden legitimate businesses or consumers.

2-year bond futures (TS) main contract down 0.01% at morning open; 5-year (TF) down 0.03%; 10-year (T) down 0.04%; 30-year (TL) down 0.10%.