In Western Europe, the economy of Germany is decelerating gradually, while revealing, however, certain indications of recovery, and the pace of its economic expansion comes to slow down in France. The economy of the United Kingdom decelerates, with a promising future, however. Industrial production in Germany is on a decrease trend, but its pace comes to be slower. The expansion pace of industrial production gets slower in France, and production decreases in the United Kingdom. The unemployment rates in both Germany and France, though remaining each still at high levels, have declined in a degree, while the rate remains at a low level in the United Kingdom.
Prices remain stable.
In East Asia, the Chinese economy expands, but the increase rate in consumption there decelerates, and its exports take on a decrease trend. The Korean economy is towards recovery. Reviewing the international commodity market in June, the CRB commodity forward indices, after firming in the month's first ten days, took in general on a falling trend but was slightly restored at the month's end.