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Bank of England board member Haskell: I believe the UK labor market has been more severely impacted by the pandemic than the Bank of England has anticipated.

SK Hynix ADR (SKHY.O) narrowed its decline to 3%.

July 15th - The 2026 National Civil Aviation Mid-Year Work Video Conference was held in Beijing on July 15th. Song Zhiyong, Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), pointed out that in the first half of the year, the entire industry completed a total transport turnover of 83.37 billion ton-kilometers, passenger traffic of 380 million passenger trips, and cargo and mail traffic of 5.073 million tons, representing year-on-year increases of 6.4%, 1%, and 6%, respectively. A total of 7.146 million transport flight hours and 2.683 million flights were completed, with the rate of human-caused incidents per 10,000 flight hours decreasing by 20.6% year-on-year. The flight regularity rate was 93.5%, and the near-gate docking rate at airports with over 10 million passengers reached 87.5%. The total number of registered drones exceeded 4.788 million, accumulating 26.414 million flight hours, a year-on-year increase of 8%.

Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh attended a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on the Federal Reserve's semi-annual monetary policy report.

Market news: Anthropic, Blackstone Group, and Hellman & Friedman have jointly launched an ODE product.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: The European Commission has approved a plan to use €10 billion in EU loans for drones, missiles and fighter jets in Ukraine.

Both WTI and Brent crude oil prices fell by nearly $1 in the short term, to $79.7 per barrel and $84.7 per barrel, respectively.

On July 15th, the Bank of Canada kept its policy rate at 2.25%, marking the sixth consecutive meeting without changing the rate, in line with market expectations. Policymakers believe the Canadian economy is recovering, and inflationary pressures driven by oil prices are fading. In its Monetary Policy Report, the Bank of Canada stated, "After a year of weakness, the Canadian economy is showing signs of improvement. Economic growth is expected to pick up, and inflation is expected to gradually decline from its recent highs. However, uncertainty remains high." The Bank of Canada stated in its rate statement that current borrowing costs remain appropriate to support the economic recovery and push inflation back to its 2% target. The central bank stated, "The Governing Council will continue to assess the resilience of the Canadian economy and the inflation outlook, and is prepared to adjust monetary policy as needed." The Bank of Canada expects economic growth to reach 2.5% annualized in the second quarter and 1.5% in the third quarter. Due to the weak economic performance at the beginning of the year, officials had previously significantly lowered their 2026 economic growth forecast to 0.7%, but simultaneously raised their growth forecasts for 2027 and 2028 to 1.8% each. The Bank of Canada expects overall inflation to average 2.5% in 2026, up from its previous forecast of 2.3%, and anticipates it to return to the central bank’s 2% target level by early next year.

The Bank of Canada removed its comments regarding interest rate cuts.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem: Uncertainty is high, and we are prepared to adjust policy rates as needed.

Argentine LNG company: Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company, Naftogaz, regarding long-term cooperation on U.S. LNG. The agreement explores cooperation on the long-term procurement, transportation, and distribution of U.S. LNG for Ukraine and parts of Europe.

Bank of Canada: Uncertainty remains high. But the Canadian economy is showing signs of improvement.

The Bank of Canada projects economic growth of 0.7% in 2026 (up from 1.2% in April), 1.8% in 2027 (up from 1.6% in April), and 1.8% in 2028 (up from 1.7%).

On July 15th, Evergrande Auto (00708.HK) announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that, effective July 15, 2026, Mr. Xie Wu, the current independent non-executive director of the company, has been reassigned as chairman of the audit committee and appointed as chairman of the nomination committee, remuneration committee and corporate governance committee. Also effective July 15, 2026, Mr. Ma Jianling has been appointed as an executive director of the company.

Bank of England board member Haskell: I am optimistic that artificial intelligence will drive productivity growth in the UK.

Federal Reserve's Williams: Low- to middle-income families are facing difficulties.

Federal Reserve's Williams: Broader consumer credit growth is in line with the economy. A K-shaped economy is real.