Central Bank of the Philippines: The remittance growth rate is expected to be 3% in 2023, and foreign exchange reserves are expected to reach US$99.5 billion by the end of 2023.

Spot silver exceeded $23 per ounce, rising 1.58% during the day.

Turkish Energy Minister: Turkish President Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will meet in New York.

Turkish Energy Minister: Turkey will expand Thrace’s natural gas infrastructure and establish a physical natural gas hub.

Turkish Energy Minister: The survey work of the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline has been completed, and the survey report is expected to be released soon.

Market news: TSMC has committed to using only renewable energy in production by 2040.

National Hurricane Center: Hazardous beach conditions are expected to continue along much of the U.S. East Coast through the upcoming weekend.

Market news: SoftBank gave up millions of dollars in profits to let Masayoshi Son "win" (in the ARM listing).

Ukrainian MP: A ship was spotted leaving the port of Odessa.

Thailand’s Labor Minister: The new wage increase will be determined later and will be higher than the inflation rate.

Citi: The European Central Bank is expected to start cutting interest rates in June 2024, compared with the previous forecast of September 2024.

Sources familiar with the matter: The Bank of Japan believes there are still upside risks to the price outlook.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD rose 0.50% during the day and is now at 0.6474.

Shunichi Suzuki: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has ordered the pursuit of economic growth and fiscal health.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Additional budget will be considered based on economic measures.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Will continue to serve as Finance Minister.

Ukrainian Army: Troops seize eastern village Andrivka.

General Motors: Continue to negotiate well and in good faith to reach a speedy agreement.