Quick Overview

• (FT) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has revised its World Economic Outlook upwards for the first time in two years, as its latest review concludes that the global economic slide is nearing a bottom
  

• U.S. durable goods orders rose 1.8% in May. Excluding transportation orders rose 1.1%.
  

• U.S. new home sales fell 0.6%. YoY new home sales are down 38%.
  
  

• The U.S. Department of Energy said:
  Supplies of crude oil fell 3.8 million barrels last week to 353.9 million barrels
  Supplies of gasoline rose 3.9 million barrels
  Supplies of heating oil fell 100,000 barrels.
  Refinery use increased from 85.9% to 87.1%
  Gasoline demand rose 0.4% YoY
  Distillate demand fell 9. 3% YoY
  

• (FT) The Swiss franc fell sharply on Wednesday after the country's central bank intervened in the foreign exchange market to halt the currency's rise
  

• (Spiegel) A German court has ruled that pupils can rate their teachers online, rejecting a bid by one instructor to shut down a Web site that gave her a low grade.

• Northeast China's Port of Rizhao port handled 16.4 million tonnes of cargo in May, up 26.9 % YoY