The OECD does not expect the Bank of Japan to raise rates until the end of 2024.

The OECD does not expect further rate hikes from the central banks of Canada and South Korea, and expects rates from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England to peak in the second quarter of 2023.

The OECD expects the UK economy to grow by 0.3% in 2023 and 1.0% in 2024 (previously forecast a decline of 0.2% and growth of 0.9% respectively).

The OECD expects the Japanese economy to grow by 1.3% in 2023 and 1.1% in 2024 (previously forecast growth of 1.8% and 0.9%, respectively).

The OECD expects the euro zone economy to grow by 0.9% in 2023 and 1.5% in 2024 (previously forecast growth of 0.8% and 1.4%, respectively).

OECD: The ECB rate is expected to peak at 4.25% in the third quarter of 2023 and then remain unchanged until the end of 2024.

OECD: Forecast global GDP growth of 2.9% in 2024 (2.9% forecast in March).

Gazprom: will continue to deliver gas to Europe via Ukraine, with 40.6 million cubic meters delivered on Wednesday.

EU Energy Commissioner Simson: The EU is still negotiating with countries on renewable energy agreements.

The Philippine stock index rose 1.3 percent.

German Air Force Commander: Deployment exercises in 2023 may cause disruption to civil air traffic.

The financial website Forexlive commented on France’s trade balance in April: France’s trade deficit increased slightly in April, because exports fell by 1.0% year-on-year in the month, while imports increased by 1.3% year-on-year.

France exported 49.784 billion euros in April, the previous value was 50.488 billion euros.

Musk: (Twitter) platform will provide creators with emails of subscribers.

The U.S. dollar index DXY rose nearly 10 points in the short term and is now at 104.23.

Spot gold fell by $4 in the short term, falling back below $1960 an ounce, down 0.18% within the day.