Spot gold rose $6 in the short term and is now trading at $2,297.12 an ounce.

Fed Mester: Restrictive policies have led to a modest decline in demand.

U.S. and Burkina Faso oil rose by $0.5 in the short term, now trading at $85.35/barrel and $89.56/barrel respectively.

White House: US President Biden made it clear that the United States firmly supports Israel in the face of the threat from Iran.

The White House: The two leaders also discussed Iran’s open threats against Israel and the Israeli people.

White House: US President Joe Biden has made it clear that Israel needs to announce and implement a series of concrete and measurable steps to avoid harming civilians, causing humanitarian suffering and threatening the safety of aid workers.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel can defend itself and we will act according to the principle that we will harm anyone who harms us.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: Iran has been conducting activities against Israel for many years, so Israel is taking action against Iran and its proxies.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $438.764 billion from 66 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Fed Goolsby: If we keep restrictions that are too stringent for too long, there is a good chance that employment will start to deteriorate.

Fed Goolsby: Risks to inflation and employment targets have been better balanced.

JPMorgan Chase has named Dorothee Blessing and Jay Horine as co-heads of global investment banking coverage.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is reorganizing its global banking division, naming Kevin Foley as global head of capital markets, responsible for overseeing debt and equity capital markets.

Fed Barkin: The Fed is very likely to achieve its 2% inflation target without a significant rise in unemployment.

Energy consulting firm Rystad Energy: As long as the U.S. government does not reimpose sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry this month, Venezuela’s oil production may exceed 1 million barrels per day by the end of this year.

At 21:34 local time on April 4, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck the town of Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, northern India.

Market news: IMF Managing Director Georgieva is preparing to run for a second term.