ECB's Simkus: Risk To Inflation Is On The Upside

ECB's Kocher: ECB will act if inflation outlook deteriorates ECB's Kocher: Growth forecast isn't great, but don't see a recession

BREAKING: Pakistan and Iran explore a path towards new talks with the US in a China- initiated push - Sources. Pakistan is considering resuming stalled US-Iran talks to end their nearly five-month-old war, according to three Pakistani sources, following a push by China. Exploratory discussions took place during Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni's visit to Islamabad this week, his second in the last ten days, according to sources.

Japan finance minister Katayama: prepared to take decisive steps on forex Japanese Finance Minister Katayama noted that the U.S. Treasury's forex report highlighted the bilateral statement affirming that excessive foreign exchange fluctuations are undesirable. Japan Finmin Katayama: Japan and U.S. maintain round-the-clock communication