Bank of Thailand: The economy is expected to grow by 1% year-on-year in the first quarter.

Bank of Thailand: Foreign tourist arrivals are expected to reach 35.5 million in 2024.

Bank of Thailand: Exports are expected to grow by 2% and imports by 2.5% in 2024.

[Danske Bank: Higher-than-expected US inflation will strengthen the dollar] Mohammad Al-Saraf, assistant foreign exchange and interest rate strategy at Danske Bank, said in a report that if the US inflation data in March is higher than expected, this should boost the dollar. If the monthly core CPI rises by 0.4% or more, it may increase confidence that the Fed will maintain its current stance for a longer period of time, especially given the strong employment data in March. This may boost the dollar within the G-10. He also pointed out that the US CPI has exceeded expectations in the first few months of this year.

Bank of Thailand: There are uncertainties in the recovery of exports. Exports will gradually recover in the second half of the year.

Bank of Thailand: Core inflation is expected to be 0.6% in 2024 (1.2% expected in November last year).

Bank of Thailand: Will closely monitor fluctuations of the Thai baht.

Bank of Thailand: Inflation will return to target level by the end of this year.

Bank of Thailand: Consumption, tourism and public spending support economic growth.

Gazprom: Continues to deliver natural gas to Europe through Ukraine, with volumes reaching 42.4 million cubic meters on Wednesday.

Market news: Drone attacks on Taganrog city government in Russia.

British Prime Minister Sunak: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu needs to do more to ease suffering in the Gaza Strip.

Philippine President Marcos: The trilateral summit between Japan, the United States and the Philippines is mainly an economic agreement.

Kazuo Ueda, Governor of the Bank of Japan: The Japanese economy has shown some weakness, but is gradually recovering.

UBS: Brent crude oil prices may be at the upper end of the newly forecast trading range of $85-95/barrel.

UBS: Market conditions this summer will allow some voluntary OPEC+ production cuts to be lifted, but this should be a gradual process.

UBS raised its oil price forecasts for all time periods by $5 per barrel, while raising its forecast for oil demand growth in 2024 and lowering its forecast for OPEC+ crude oil production in the second quarter of 2024.

Kazakhstan Emergency Ministry: More than 96,000 people evacuated in Kazakhstan due to flooding.

According to TASS: Nearly 2,900 houses in Orenburg, Russia were flooded.