The U.S. dollar fell 25 points against the Japanese yen USD/JPY in the short term, now trading at 147.40, down nearly 0.5% on the day.

Paul Conway, Chief Economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Non-traded goods inflation is higher than expected.

Paul Conway, Chief Economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: The Monetary Policy Committee will have more to say in the February 2024 Monetary Policy Statement.

Paul Conway, chief economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Efforts are still needed to reduce the inflation rate to 2%

Paul Conway, chief economist of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Recent economic data shows that monetary policy is working. GDP growth for the September 2023 quarter was lower than expected, with significant downward revisions to historical data, with some revisions due to changes in methodology and not necessarily implying that capacity pressures in the economy are much lower than previously assumed.

Market news: U.S. foreign arms sales hit a record high in 2023.

U.S. Department of Defense: We know Iran is funding these groups that attack U.S. troops.

US Department of Defense: The number of injured troops in the attack on the US military base in Jordan has now exceeded 40.

U.S. Senator Warren believes that Vietnam does not meet the requirements for market economy status.

White House official: The United States is also considering additional measures against Venezuela.

White House official: The United States will reinstate sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry unless Venezuela allows all opposition presidential candidates to run in this year’s elections.

Hang Seng Index futures closed down 1.48% in night trading at 15,875 points, a 202-point low.

Israeli military spokesman: So far, Israel has killed more than 2,000 Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.

According to Nikkei: Nissan plans to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries.

Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian air defense forces shot down three "Hurricane" rockets over Belgorod Oblast.

The Fed has received a total of $581.41 billion in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

According to Ukrainian Pravda: Ukrainian President Zelensky has not dismissed Army Chief Zaluzhny from his post.

Market news: U.S. Republican senators called on U.S. President Biden to reinstate sanctions on Venezuela.