Petrobras: Brazil will not participate in OPEC quota plan.

Petrobras: Oil prices are expected to be between US$70 and US$90 per barrel in 2024.

According to Nikkei: Japan plans to increase Japan’s domestic hydrogen supply by 50% to 3 million tons by 2030, and to 20 million tons by 2050. Japan plans to emit 3.4 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram of hydrogen produced as a cap for qualifying for subsidies.

According to Nikkei: Japan plans to invest 3 trillion yen in the next 15 years to subsidize the production of clean hydrogen energy, aiming to help Japanese domestic energy companies build supply chains.

According to CNN citing negotiators: The U.S. Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on border issues.

Paul Conway, chief economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: will not discuss the future trend of interest rates. Non-tradable goods inflation is still a long way from 2%, and there is still a lot of work to be done in the fight against inflation.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD rose 0.50% on the day and is now at 0.6612.

The U.S. dollar fell 25 points against the Japanese yen USD/JPY in the short term, now trading at 147.40, down nearly 0.5% on the day.

Paul Conway, Chief Economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Non-traded goods inflation is higher than expected.

Paul Conway, Chief Economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: The Monetary Policy Committee will have more to say in the February 2024 Monetary Policy Statement.

Paul Conway, chief economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Efforts are still needed to reduce the inflation rate to 2%

Paul Conway, chief economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Recent economic data shows that monetary policy is working. GDP growth for the September 2023 quarter was lower than expected, with significant downward revisions to historical data, with some revisions due to changes in methodology and not necessarily implying that capacity pressures in the economy are much lower than previously assumed.

Market news: U.S. foreign arms sales hit a record high in 2023.

U.S. Department of Defense: We know Iran is funding these groups that attack U.S. troops.

US Department of Defense: The number of injured troops in the attack on the US military base in Jordan has now exceeded 40.

U.S. Senator Warren believes that Vietnam does not meet the requirements for market economy status.

White House official: The United States is also considering additional measures against Venezuela.

White House official: The United States will reinstate sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry unless Venezuela allows all opposition presidential candidates to run in this year’s elections.

Hang Seng Index futures closed down 1.48% in night trading at 15,875 points, a 202-point low.