Spot gold fell back by US$6 in the short term and is now at US$2,003.87 per ounce.

WTI crude oil hit $76/barrel down, down 1.39% on the day.

USD/JPY fell 0.50% on the day against the yen and is now at 133.12.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Summers: 2% inflation is impossible without a recession.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers: 5% inflation is the new standard for the U.S.

Boeing CEO: It is expected that the inventory of more than 200 Max aircraft will be cleared by the end of 2024.

Italian Economy Minister: We had asked for preferential treatment for investments and we note that the offer has been rejected.

WTI crude oil fell by 1.00% in the day and is now at $76.30 per barrel.

French Finance Minister Le Maire: France opposes automatic harmonized debt relief rules.

French Finance Minister Le Maire: Some aspects of the EU fiscal rule proposal need to be further improved.

Fitch: European consumer goods companies will raise prices in 2023, after raising prices in the second half of 2022, which will lead to high-single-digit revenue growth in the sector.

Fitch: The performance of European consumer goods companies has become more divided as the impact of the cost of living crisis gradually spreads from low-income groups to middle-income groups.

Ecuadorian bonds led gains in emerging market bonds after Credit Suisse offered to buy Ecuadorian bonds.

The financial website Forexlive commented on the monthly rate of durable goods orders in the United States in March: the overall data is misleading, because the core order data is weak, and there has been a downward revision. The revised data is the lowest since February 2021.

The monthly rate of U.S. wholesale inventories in March was 0.1%, expected to be 0.2%, and the previous value to be 0.10%.