Market news: The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates in September or October.

Market news: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reportedly supports the Bank of Japan raising interest rates more quickly.

According to Interfax news agency, local officials said a drone struck an industrial area in Bashkorto, Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: A strong ruble benefits ordinary people, but it creates problems for export companies.

Steven Blitz, chief U.S. economist at TSLombard, argues that current U.S. policy constraints go beyond simply whether to raise rates again in September. Expanding fiscal deficits and interest payments are making it increasingly costly for short-term interest rates to rise significantly; simultaneously, long-term Treasury bonds face pressure from fiscal financing and rising term premiums. Therefore, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve effectively need to address both short-term financing costs and long-term yields simultaneously. The current approach involves the Treasury reducing long-term supply, the Federal Reserve maintaining policy rate stability, and shifting some maturing balance sheet funds to short-term debt, thus helping the government rely more on short-term financing. However, a longer-term dilemma lies in the inability to raise short-term rates indefinitely, while long-term rates cannot be artificially suppressed indefinitely. Allowing a steeper yield curve and rising term premiums would suppress stock valuations and capital expenditures; continuing to prioritize growth could ultimately lead to higher inflation and a weaker dollar.

According to the Military Times, several sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier have attempted suicide by jumping overboard due to their prolonged deployment, pushing their mental health to the brink of collapse. The approximately 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard the Lincoln are still on a deployment that began on November 21, supporting U.S. military operations against Iran in the Middle East. The deployment, originally scheduled to end in May, has been extended, and no return date has been announced. Families of the sailors expressed concerns about their mental health, exhaustion, and safety at an online meeting last week. The acting Secretary of the Navy told families that a team would be formed to replace Lincoln, but officials cited operational security as the reason for not providing a specific timeline. Democratic Senator Ed Blumenthal has demanded that the Navy provide details about the situation on the Lincoln and the reasons for the delay in the ship's planned deployment.