Fed Mester: I don’t think we know yet whether the neutral rate is higher.

Fed Mester: The Fed will keep interest rates restrictive to reduce inflation.

Fed Mester: The Fed needs to keep interest rates high to ensure inflation returns to 2%.

Fed Mester: Although inflation is too high, we have seen promising signs of progress in reducing price pressures.

Fed Mester: The economy is growing faster than expected and the job market is strong, but has slowed and is entering a better balance.

Fed Mester: We are seeing some signs that wage pressures are easing and credit conditions have tightened in line with monetary policy.

Fed Mester: The path of monetary policy depends on economic performance.

Market news: The Australian government launches consultations on future natural gas strategy.

Market news: US Republican Congressman Gates proposed to formally remove Speaker of the US House of Representatives McCarthy.

Spot silver fell back below $21 per ounce, down 0.27% on the day.

The annual rate of the British BRC store price index in September was 6.2%, compared with the previous value of 6.90%.

Bank of America: Raise its forecast for Japan’s inflation, expecting core CPI to exceed 2% by 2025.

COMEX silver futures fell more than 1.00% during the day and are currently trading at $21.21 per ounce.

According to Automotive News: The United Auto Workers (UAW) has made a new counteroffer demand to General Motors (GM).

According to the Syrian National News Agency: Israel conducted air strikes on the positions of the Syrian armed forces near Dir ez-Zor.

Governor of the Bryansk region in Russia: The air defense system destroyed a Ukrainian drone in the Trubchevsk district of the state.

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on October 4.

Argentine Government: Argentina’s tax revenue in September was 4.303 trillion Argentine pesos, a year-on-year increase of 102.3%.