The difference between CBI retail sales in the UK in May recorded -10, the lowest since January 2023.

Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Japan and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on the transfer of defense equipment and information technology.

Network health monitoring website DownDetector: User reports indicate that OpenAI is experiencing problems.

Riksbank Governor Teiden: The current level of the Swedish krona is worrying.

Bank Indonesia Governor: In Indonesia, El Niño has less impact on food inflation than in other countries.

ECB Vice President Guindos: Services inflation is the most worrisome factor in core inflation.

Market news: Airbus has secured orders for 43 helicopters from airlines.

ECB Vice President Guindos: Headline inflation will fall rapidly.

[EU has frozen 200 billion euros in Russian central bank assets] The latest data shows that since the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the European Union has frozen more than 200 billion euros ($215 billion) of Russian central bank assets. Discussion increases motivation. The European Union had previously adopted the tenth round of sanctions against Russia, which required banks to disclose information on the size of their assets held. "The EU wants to make Russia pay for the damage it has done to Ukraine," European Commission spokesman Christian Wigand said. It is for this purpose that the EU is "exploring how to use frozen and immobilized Russian assets".

ECB Vice President Guindos: We will continue to use data to determine the appropriate direction and duration of restrictive policies.

Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine: Russia replaced Wagner troops with regular troops on the outskirts of Bakhmut, but Wagner fighters remain in the city.

Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine: Russia is strengthening the flank around Bakhmut to try to stop the Ukrainian offensive.

European Central Bank Vice President Guindos: Downside risks to inflation include pressure on the banking sector.

European Central Bank Vice President Guindos: As the energy crisis subsides, governments should withdraw relevant support measures quickly and in a coordinated manner.

European Central Bank Vice President Guindos: Fiscal policy is an important factor in the future inflation outlook.

British short-dated bonds led losses in European government bonds, with five-year gilt yields up 10 basis points.

ECB Vice President Guindos: Wages and profits pose an upside risk to inflation.