Daily Briefing — June 21, 2026 | Central Banks Hold the Line as Risk Assets Climb

The June 21, 2026 Slotly News Daily Briefing examines a week when central banks stayed cautious while risk assets continued to advance. We start with the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates at 3.5–3.75% and to remove its previously projected 2026 rate cut, and consider what that means for the front end of the U.S. yield curve and for equity valuations. We then assess the European Central Bank’s latest 25 basis point hike, the Bank of England’s hold at 3.75%, and Japan’s still-low inflation, highlighting how policy divergence is shaping bond and currency markets.

The episode also covers China’s we...