Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: It is very important for exchange rate fluctuations to be stable and reflect fundamentals.

Silk, Assistant Chairman of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Credit growth in New Zealand is very limited.

Silk, Assistant Chairman of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand retains the ability to operate under negative equity.

Silk, Assistant Chairman of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand: It will take many years to increase the level of foreign exchange reserves.

Sterling rose to around three-month highs of 186.25 yen.

U.S. Department of Energy: Biden administration committed to replenishing oil reserves.

Market news: New Zealand Prime Minister-elect Lukeson will not attend the APEC Leaders Summit.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the East: 102 staff members have been killed in this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

According to the Sankei Shimbun: Japan is considering charging APP application sales tax to Google and Apple.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer: Will let the House of Representatives take action on the temporary appropriations bill first.

Argentina’s central bank monthly survey: Argentina’s inflation rate is expected to be 185% at the end of 2023.

Goldman Sachs: There are upside risks to inflation and interest rates in Australia and New Zealand in the near future. The CPI of the two countries will drop to slightly less than 3% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Goldman Sachs: The Reserve Bank of Australia and New Zealand is expected to keep interest rates unchanged until the fourth quarter of 2024, and then gradually ease policy.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell: I am pleased to see House Speaker Johnson’s “continuing resolution” (CR) temporary appropriations bill that will support this package.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ending November 7, the net long position of natural gas futures in the NYMEX and ICE markets decreased by 39,037 lots to 56,777 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ending November 7, speculative net short positions in COMEX copper futures decreased by 6,537 lots to 7,778 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ending November 7, speculative net long positions in COMEX silver futures decreased by 4,405 lots to 2,231 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ending November 7, speculative net long positions in COMEX gold futures decreased by 1,107 lots to 105,236 lots.