Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: I think companies have a very strong desire to raise wages, and the next 2-3 years will be a critical period for wage increases.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Getting rid of deflation is crucial to fiscal health.

Tesla has raised the price of the Model Y Long Range Edition to $48,990.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: The government intends to continue to take all possible measures to deal with (the foreign exchange market).

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasunomi Nishimura: We will continue to support Kioxia, which has very important advanced technology, and continue to monitor the negotiations between Kioxia and Western Digital.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: We continue to pay attention to foreign exchange trends with a high sense of urgency.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: No comment on foreign exchange levels and currency intervention.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Excessive exchange rate fluctuations are undesirable.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: It is very important for exchange rate fluctuations to be stable and reflect fundamentals.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Lowering income tax is to ensure the end of deflation.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Inflation in Japan exceeds wage growth.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Japan is at risk of returning to the era of deflation.

Nasdaq futures were up 0.6% in early trading, while S&P 500 futures were up 0.4%.

Amazon (AMZN.O) CEO: I believe the opportunity of generative artificial intelligence will bring tens of billions of dollars in revenue to Amazon’s AWS cloud service in the next few years.

Intel (INTC.O) CEO: We are now facing a supply shortage problem in Gaudi artificial intelligence chips.

Intel (INTC.O) CFO: PC customer inventory levels are healthy.

Ford Motor (FN) CEO: Vertical integration of next-generation utility vehicles will increase by nearly 50%.

Intel (INTC.O) CEO: Gaudi and AI accelerator chip sales channels have almost doubled in the past 90 days.

Intel (INTC.O) CEO: The data center market is showing signs of normalization.