*Eurozone Trade Balance posted a surplus of 23 billion euros in June, with exports falling 0.5% month on month and imports falling more sharply by 5.6%.

* In the second quarter monetary policy report of the People’s Bank of China, “Prudent monetary policy will be firm and firm, and we will keep liquidity reasonably abundant. We will keep the yuan exchange rate stable. We will keep prices basically constant. We will adapt and optimize property policies in a timely manner.” He made statements.

* Applications for benefiting from unemployment benefits in the USA came in close to the expectations with 239,000.

*US Philly Fed manufacturing index was announced as 12.0, contrary to the expectations of -10.0. It had its first positive reading since August 2022. Almost 25 percent of firms reported increases.

*Fitch will drive inflation and interest rates as the most serious monitoring item for global credit assessments over the next 2 years. Core inflation remains sticky and well above central bank targets despite the drop in headlines.

*Chinese officials called for public banks to increase intervention in the yuan. He told state banks to step up their interventions in the foreign exchange market to reduce volatility after the yuan rose.