Daily Brief | June 20 2025

#IntercamNews ✅ China’s central bank kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged. ✅ Iran said on Friday it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under attack by Israel, as Europe tried to coax Tehran back into negotiations and the United States considers whether to get involved in the conflict. ✅ Japan's core inflation hit a more than two-year high in May, exceeding the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, keeping it under pressure to resume interest rate hikes despite economic pressure from U.S. tariffs.