Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Currency has a great impact on measuring the size of the economy.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Taking note of media reports on the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting, he will refrain from commenting.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: We must coordinate macro policies with the Bank of Japan.

Japanese government official: (In terms of industrial output data) Monthly growth in chips and electronic components increased slightly in September, but is not expected to recover further.

Tip: Apple’s new product launch conference is over, and there is no “One more thing” at the end.

Apple (AAPL.O): The new MacBook Pro has a battery life of 22 hours.

Apple (AAPL.O) announced the launch of MacBook Pro equipped with M3 Pro and M3 Max chips.

Apple (AAPL.O) announced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro equipped with a standard M3 chip.

Apple (AAPL.O): M3 Max has a 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU with more memory; the M3 Max chip is 80% faster than the 2021 M1 Max chip.

Apple (AAPL.O): The M3 Pro chip has a 12-core CPU and an 18-core GPU.

Apple (AAPL.O): M3 series chips are 50% faster than M1 series chips.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold a press conference at 6:10 pm local time on November 2.

Samsung Electronics: The development of a new mobile system chip (SOC) for mobile phones has entered the final stage.

Samsung Electronics: Smartphone market demand is expected to rebound in 2024.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: The Bank of Japan is expected to guide policy appropriately to achieve the 2% inflation target.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: The Bank of Japan is expected to communicate closely with the government.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: No comment on the Bank of Japan policy meeting.