ECB Bucher: This year, we will strengthen the use of the escalation mechanism to ensure that supervisory findings are resolved and banks correct deficiencies.

ECB Bucher: We need to close the remaining gaps in the crisis management framework as soon as possible.

Fitch: The Bank of Japan is only expected to raise its policy rate to 0.25% by 2025.

Fitch: Assume further monetary policy tightening in Japan will be gradual.

Birol, Director of the International Energy Agency: Climate goals cannot be achieved without nuclear energy.

Fitch: Moderately rising inflation is expected to have a beneficial impact on the Japanese economy.

According to the Kyiv Post: Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmeygar said that considering the rotation of front lines and the current supply of weapons, there is currently no need to recruit 500,000 people into the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Hungary will remove the cap on bank deposit interest rates on April 1.

Standard Chartered Bank kept Hong Kong dollar interest rates unchanged.

Vietnam has raised the price of RON-95 gasoline by VND741/liter.

BOCHK kept Hong Kong dollar interest rates unchanged.

According to a Reuters survey: South Korean won short positions reached the highest level since November 2, 2023.

According to a Reuters survey: Betting against the Thai baht has reached its highest level since November 2022.

Consumer prices in Lebanon increased by 123.21% year-on-year in February.

The UK government balance of payments deficit in February was 3.024 billion pounds, compared with the previous value of -23.344 billion pounds.

Gazprom: It will continue to deliver natural gas to Europe through Ukraine, with a delivery volume of 42.4 million cubic meters on Thursday.

Israeli military: More than 50 Palestinian armed militants were killed in fighting near Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip in the past day.

BMW’s sales in the fourth quarter were 42.97 billion euros.