Foreign holdings of New Zealand government bonds rose to 62.9% in March.

Philippine Central Bank Governor Ramona: The core scenario is a rate cut in the fourth quarter. If the situation worsens, the rate cut may be postponed to the first quarter of 2025.

Philippine Central Bank Governor Ramona: I never thought that the Federal Reserve would adjust earlier than we expected.

Philippine central bank governor Ramona: The Federal Reserve may ease policy later in the third quarter.

Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines: The adjustment of the Philippine peso is not enough to affect inflation expectations.

Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines: The market believes that hostilities in the Middle East will not escalate and hopes that this situation will remain the case.

Philippine central bank governor: Unless there are large fluctuations, we allow the exchange rate to adjust.

Philippine central bank governor Ramona: The problem is not the weakness of the Philippine peso, but the strength of the US dollar.

Goldman Sachs: Asian currencies may have room to depreciate further against the US dollar in the coming months as factors including strong US economic data lead to the continued strength of the US dollar.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N) plans to cut about 50 investment banking jobs in the Asia-Pacific region starting this week.

The rupiah fell 0.37% to 16,230 against the dollar, its lowest level since April 8, 2020.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Greenfield: We do not believe that the UN resolution on Palestinian membership will lead to a two-state solution.

According to the Palestinian Wafa News Agency: Israel launched an airstrike on a house in the center of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, killing seven Palestinians, including four children.

The main contract of Shanghai tin fell more than 2.00% during the day and is now trading at 251,300.00 yuan/ton.

The Nikkei 225 index turned negative and is now down 0.1%.

ECB President Christine Lagarde: Germany may have turned the corner after a major shock.

According to CNBC: Bank of Korea Governor Chang-yong Lee said the Bank of Korea has tools to deal with foreign exchange fluctuations.

U.S. Central Command: Successfully destroyed two drones in the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. No casualties or damage were reported by the U.S., coalition forces, or merchant ships.

Spot gold fell $5 in the short term and is currently trading at $2,378.5 per ounce.

The API crude oil production in the United States for the week ending April 12 was -102,000 barrels per day, compared with 91,000 barrels per day in the previous week.