The World Bank said in its reform report that achieving its development goals will require a "significant increase" in financing. The availability of capital to scale up and concessional financing from multiple sources will be critical.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: The Russian government expects retail fuel prices to fall in the near future.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: The Russian government will not allow domestic fuel prices to rise.

The Bank of Mexico: The inflation rate in the fourth quarter of 2023 is expected to be 4.7%; the inflation rate in the fourth quarter of 2024 is 3.4%.

Bank of Mexico: Overall and core inflation expectations have been revised upward throughout the forecast period, reflecting a slower pace of inflation decline than previously expected.

According to the Wall Street Journal: The raid on Nvidia’s French branch involved the graphics card department.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Nvidia’s French office was raided by competition regulators.

UAW: Submitted its counterproposal to Stellantis on Thursday.

The U.S. 2-year Treasury bond yield continued to fall, hitting a daily low of 5.07%.

Fund analysis company Lipper: U.S. investment-grade funds saw outflows of US$1.66 billion in the latest week; municipal bond funds saw US$1.2 billion in outflows; high-yield funds saw US$2.41 billion in outflows.

United States Geological Survey: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred 123 kilometers away from Sakhalin Island, Russia.

According to Interfax: Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Libyan National Army leader Haftar in Moscow.

Fitch: Comprehensive interest coverage is expected to remain healthy for most corporate issuers through 2024, but coverage will decline slightly as interest rates continue to remain elevated.

The Fed has accepted a total of $1.453 trillion from 97 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Brent crude oil fell back below $93/barrel, down 1.28% on the day.

The U.S. 7-year Treasury bond yield fell back, eventually falling 1.1 basis points to 4.691%.

Market news: Italian Senate approves bank windfall profits tax.

The Central Bank of Zimbabwe kept lending rates unchanged at 150%.