Samsung: Advanced node orders are mainly concentrated in the high-performance computing and mobile fields.

UOB CFO: We advised clients to exit Credit Suisse AT1 bonds last year.

Samsung: We will start investing in Gen 8.6 OLEDs this year.

ADB President: Supply chains in Asia are resilient.

ADB President: Our plan is to launch the Asia-Pacific Climate Innovation Financing Facility (IF-CAP) at the ADB Annual Meeting in Incheon next week.

Samsung: We are preparing for the needs of high-density DDR5, new CPUs, and AI chips.

Papua New Guinea official: US President Joe Biden will visit in May.

ADB President: The rapid pace of interest rate hikes in developed economies has tightened global financial conditions.

New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins: Most of the recovery costs caused by severe weather are met by budget operations and capital subsidies.

New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins: The government is committed to reducing the proportion of spending to curb economic demand.

New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins: The hurricane tax will not be reflected in the budget, and the budget will not introduce major new taxes.

New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins: Asset losses due to Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabriel will reach 9 billion to 14.5 billion New Zealand dollars.

Bitcoin once again stood at $29,000 per coin, up 2.09% within the day.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed Sudan with the head of the African Union Commission.

From Japan to April 21, foreign capital bought 41.6 billion yen in Japanese bonds, the previous value was 9.4 billion yen.

Japan bought 173.1 billion yen in foreign stocks in the week ended April 21, compared with the previous value of -65.3 billion yen.

Japan bought foreign bonds in the week to April 21-1059.5 billion yen, the previous value was 500.2 billion yen.

Samsung Electronics: It expects a limited recovery in chip demand in the second quarter. High-performance computer/automotive demand will drive the foundry market recovery in the second half of the year.

Masatsumi Wakatabe, former deputy governor of the Bank of Japan: It will be a surprise if the Bank of Japan adjusts the yield curve control (YCC) this Friday. The central bank may change its forward guidance this time.

Samsung Electronics expects memory demand to gradually improve from the second half of the year.