European Central Bank President Lagarde: The European Central Bank should not rush to premature conclusions.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: We will restore inflation to the medium-term target level.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Inflation pressure is expected to weaken further.

US President Biden: Regarding the hostage trade, we will say it when we have more to say.

US President Joe Biden: We are now "very, very close" to a hostage deal.

US President Biden: We have been intensively dealing with hostage situations for several weeks.

ECB President Lagarde: Given the scale of our policy changes, we can now allow some time for them to take effect.

ECB President Christine Lagarde: We need to remain vigilant until we have solid evidence that a return to our target is sustainable.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Our monetary policy is at a stage where we need to pay attention to the different forces affecting inflation, but we need to always keep our mission in mind.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde: We expect headline inflation to rise slightly again in the coming months.

U.S. Coast Guard: There have been no reports of impacts to the coastline from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, at 3:32 local time on November 22, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred in the sea 92 kilometers northeast of Lambasa, Fiji (15.68 degrees south latitude, 179.78 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 8 kilometers.

Market news: Ukraine’s parliament approved the imposition of a windfall profits tax on banks.

Market news: The German government hopes to suspend debt limits this year and restore them in 2024.

Ford (FN): Confirmed that we are moving forward with the Marshall project.

Ford Motor (FN): The Michigan battery plant will lay off 32% of its employees, reducing factory capacity and planned investments.

According to AFP: Two sources familiar with the interim Israel-Hamas agreement said that the agreement would release 50 to 100 Israeli civilian hostages, but not military personnel.

Sources: The German government freezes the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) for this year.