09:27:00
The commander of the US Central Command visited Egypt between May 6 and 7.
09:16:14
UK Home Office: Engineers detected a wider system network issue at 19:44 last night (local time); a large-scale emergency response was launched within 6 minutes.
09:15:39
UK Home Office: Border security was not threatened at any time and there was no evidence of malicious cyber activity.
09:06:18
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Expressed serious concern about the impact of a weak yen on prices.
09:05:46
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: A weak yen has both advantages and disadvantages.
09:02:45
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: No horizontal defense line for foreign exchange has been set.
09:00:42
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Monthly intervention data will be released at the end of the month.
09:00:05
At the opening of the morning session, the main domestic futures contracts rose and fell. Eggs, Shanghai lead, sugar, and cotton yarn rose by more than 1%. In terms of decline, soda ash fell by more than 3%. Coking coal fell by more than 2%, and urea, alumina, coke, and glass fell by more than 1%.
08:59:49
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Confirmation of foreign exchange intervention may affect future actions.
08:59:24
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki declined to say whether the government had carried out foreign exchange intervention.
08:17:41
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: We expect trend inflation to gradually move towards the 2% level.
08:17:16
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Pay close attention to recent foreign exchange trends.
08:17:12
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: If price trends rise, the degree of policy easing will be adjusted.
08:15:39
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The Bank of Japan does not seek to directly control foreign exchange rates through monetary policy.
08:15:30
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Companies are increasingly keen to raise wages and prices, so the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations on inflation may be greater than in the past.
08:12:54
Kazuo Ueda, Governor of the Bank of Japan: Foreign exchange is an important factor affecting inflation.
08:12:31
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Monetary policy is not aimed at controlling foreign exchange.
08:09:51
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: We will not make judgments based solely on specific foreign exchange levels.
08:05:36
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: We are closely monitoring foreign exchange fluctuations and will take thorough countermeasures.
08:04:31
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Rapid foreign exchange fluctuations are undesirable.