Australian Prime Minister Albanese: There is no general election expected this year.

USD/JPY fell about 20 points against the yen after the release of the Tokyo CPI data, last at 139.05.

HSBC Holdings (00005.HK): Completed the latest share repurchase program.

Market news: U.S. President Joe Biden plans to tighten fuel efficiency standards for automakers.

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to hold a trilateral summit with the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David next month, the co-chairman of the U.S. Congressional Panel on Korea said on Thursday.

Ford Motor (FN) CFO: Electric vehicle prices have fallen faster and deeper than they expected.

Economic growth in East Africa is expected to rise to 5.1 percent in 2023 from 4.4 percent in 2022, the African Development Bank said.

On the 27th, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority released 829 million Hong Kong dollars in liquidity to banks through the discount window.

White House: The United States welcomes Italy to participate in the Mineral Security Partnership and to join the Blue Dot Network.

Intel (INTC.O): Big cloud customers are investing heavily in artificial intelligence training.

Bank of America (BAC.N): The stress capital buffer will be 2.5%.

Ford Motor (FN) CFO: No longer expects to break even this year in EV business.

According to Politico: The United States is expected to start delivering Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine in September.

Intel (INTC.O) CEO: The overall server environment is mixed.

According to Nikkei: Panasonic is considering supplying electric vehicle batteries to Subaru.

Intel (INTC.O) CEO: PC inventory has returned to normal.

Intel (INTC.O) CEO: The market share of the PC chip business increased in the second quarter, and the PC market is expected to continue to recover in the second half of the year.