Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: The cargo turnover volume through the Northern Sea Route is expected to be approximately 40 million tons in 2024, including the supply of the Arctic LNG2 project.

Market news: Renault will build electric trucks at its Sandouville plant in France as part of an electric truck joint venture, investing 300 million euros by 2026.

Government of Pakistan: Inflation is expected to further gradually decrease to 21-22% in April 2024.

Pakistani Government: The inflation rate is expected to hover between 22.5% and 23.5% in March 2024. The inflation outlook forecast shows that overall inflation will remain at a moderate level due to the favorable influence of domestic and global factors.

Market news: Greece will increase the monthly minimum wage by 6.4% to 830 euros.

Prime Minister of Ukraine: Ukraine received $1.5 billion under World Bank projects.

Musk said on social media that Grok 1.5 should be available on "X" next week. Grok 2 should outperform the current AI on all metrics and is now being trained.

Bank of America strategists expect the Swiss franc to reach parity with the euro this year. The Swiss National Bank unexpectedly cut interest rates last week, forcing them to predict a more bearish outlook for the Swiss franc.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Volkswagen Group America recalls 1,013 U.S. vehicles.

Norilsk Nickel, Russia: Some EU buyers refuse to buy products made of Russian metal.

Romanian Ministry of Defense: Drone fragments were found on a farm near the Danube River and the Ukrainian border.

Turkish officials said Turkish President Erdogan will visit the United States on May 9.

Bank of Thailand: Thailand’s household debt reached 91.3% of GDP at the end of 2023.

Bitcoin fell below $70,000 per coin, down 1.10% on the day.

Market news: Panasonic plans to sell its automotive division.

Bank of Thailand: Thailand’s foreign exchange reserves fell to US$223.57 billion.

Thai Prime Minister: Plans to launch more economic stimulus measures.

Bank of Thailand: Thailand’s imports in February increased by 3.1% year-on-year.