U.S. Vice President Vance said he has not accepted any other position.

美國總統特朗普：太棒了！ 敘利亞正在將自己定位爲霍爾木茲海峽的替代選擇。

Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill said a near-term bank rate increase would reduce the likelihood the Bank must adopt more aggressive tightening to curb inflation pressures from the Iran war. He said a timely, well-communicated rate rise does not necessarily signal the start of a prolonged, aggressive hiking cycle and can prevent harmful "catch-up" nominal dynamics that would make temporary inflation overshoots more persistent. Pill and two other MPC members voted to hike in July. Rate futures put the probability of a 25bp move at this month’s MPC slightly above 15%, while the November meeting is priced for a hike at more than 70%.