Indonesia Adds One New Company onto Nickel Ore Export List

Oman has made it clear that it opposes the imposition of transit fees on vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz, yet it remains open to discussing charges related to maritime services. Meanwhile, some major European powers have acknowledged that levying passage fees in the Strait of Hormuz appears to have become an unavoidable prospect. Earlier reports revealed that Oman had put forward a proposal to collect service fees from ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that US nonfarm payrolls added just 57,000 jobs in June, a figure far below market expectations of 110,000 and the lowest level in nearly four months. Meanwhile, employment data for April and May were cumulatively revised down by 74,000. On the unemployment rate front, the June reading unexpectedly fell to 4.2%, the lowest level since June 2025, compared with market expectations of 4.3%. Following the data release, traders broadly pushed back their expectations for the US Fed’s rate hike plan to December of this year.

法国央行行长、身为欧洲央行管委的穆伦称，欧洲央行在6月完成加息后已处于“良好位置”。当下就判断7月和9月会议的政策走向还为时尚早，未来政策会秉持数据依赖原则，既不会给出前瞻性指引，也不表明会开启新一轮持续加息周期。