Swedish Central Bank Governor Teden: A stronger dollar and a depreciating Swedish krona could exacerbate inflation.

Market news: Demand for UK 30-year government bonds rose to its highest level since February 2020.

Swedish Central Bank Governor Teden: Data confirms that inflation is moving towards target.

Swedish Central Bank Governor Teden: Economic growth is expected to resume in the second half of the year.

Bangladesh raised its repo rate by 50 basis points to 8.50%.

Kremlin: (Commenting on Ukraine’s claim that it had captured Russian agents plotting to assassinate Zelensky) This information is not credible.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The shift in corporate price and wage setting has become clearer.

[Agency: Central bank rate cut makes Swedish krona vulnerable] Bartosz Sawicki, market analyst at Conotoxia, said that the Swedish central bank cut its benchmark interest rate from 4% to 3.75% on Wednesday, but the weakness of the Swedish krona poses obvious inflation risks, and this decision may lead to further depreciation of the Swedish krona. He said that although key domestic factors require immediate monetary easing, Swedish policymakers face a difficult choice: lower the policy rate to help the troubled economy, or postpone it until June to protect the troubled currency. Conotoxia expects the Swedish krona to gradually recover as global confidence and economic activity in the euro area improve, but the euro is unlikely to fall below 11.0 against the Swedish krona this year.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Rising crude oil prices and a weaker yen could undermine the premise of this outlook, which is that cost pressures caused by rising import prices will subside.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: We see signs of a strengthening virtuous cycle.

Kazuo Ueda, Governor of the Bank of Japan: Especially recently, corporate behavior has tended to increase wages and prices, and we need to be aware that exchange rate fluctuations are more likely to affect prices than in the past.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: We will carry out appropriate policy adjustments based on economic and inflation conditions.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Household sentiment has improved as wages rise.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The two-way risks of inflation are huge.

German Geoscience Research Center: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Vanuatu Islands.

Ukrainian Energy Company: Hydroelectric power station damaged in Russian attack last night.