日本政府經濟顧問長瀨：預計日本央行將在今年年底加息，然後在明年夏季再次加息，之後將暫停加息。

日本30年期國債收益率上升4.5個基點，達到4.000%，爲5月22日以來最高水平。

European weather services have issued a red wildfire alert as record heat and below‑normal rainfall sharply increase fire risk and more extreme conditions loom. In France, over 800 firefighters are tackling a blaze that began on Wednesday, which has burned roughly 12 sq km across Hérault, Aude and Bouches‑du‑Rhône. Last year France recorded its worst wildfires in 70 years, with more than 170 sq km scorched and vineyards and farms destroyed.