Japanese Vice Minister of Finance Masato Kanda: The U.S. economy is stronger than expected, but if tight monetary policy continues for too long, it may have an impact on domestic consumption and become a risk to global economic growth.

Japanese Vice Minister of Finance Masato Kanda: Ultra-loose monetary policy has helped push the economy out of deflation, but it has also had negative impacts.

Japanese Vice Minister of Finance Masato Kanda: It is crucial for currency exchange rate stability to reflect changes in economic fundamentals.

Japanese Deputy Finance Minister Masato Kanda: We have always paid careful attention to the impact of central bank decisions on financial markets and will continue to do so.

Market News: U.S. and Mexican officials discussed common border and bilateral trade issues.

According to the Washington Post: OpenAI founder Sam Altman discussed issues with chip manufacturing companies with U.S. congressmen.

Bank Indonesia official: The Bank of Indonesia has been ensuring the balance between foreign exchange supply and demand in the market and controlling the Indonesian rupiah exchange rate.

Bank Indonesia official: The Indonesian rupiah has weakened due to external sentiment and is less affected by the recent domestic political situation.

Chevron Australia plans to conduct maintenance on the Gorgon LNG plant in July.

Salaries for most senior investment bankers at Wall Street investment banks in Asia (excluding Japan) have dropped to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years, according to people familiar with the matter.

SK Hynix: Mobile phones and personal computers powered by artificial intelligence will drive chip demand.

SK Hynix: HBM3E is expected to achieve mass production.

Hynix: It is expected that DRAM and NAND demand will significantly exceed production capacity in 2024.

The European Commission issued a statement on January 24 stating that it would conduct an in-depth investigation into the 400 million euro acquisition of Spanish Air Europa by International Airlines Group and set June 7 as a temporary deadline for deciding to approve or block the transaction.

Market news: US President Biden will travel to Superior, Wisconsin on January 25 to deliver a speech on investing in the United States.

United Airlines: Will resume flight services on Boeing 737 MAX 9s aircraft on January 28.

Fed: Banks can still use the discount window to meet liquidity needs.

Federal Reserve: The Bank Term Financing Program (BTFP) will continue to make loans until the program ends.