Gazprom: will continue to deliver gas to Europe via Ukraine, with 40.6 million cubic meters delivered on Wednesday.

EU Energy Commissioner Simson: The EU is still negotiating with countries on renewable energy agreements.

The Philippine stock index rose 1.3 percent.

German Air Force Commander: Deployment exercises in 2023 may cause disruption to civil air traffic.

The financial website Forexlive commented on France’s trade balance in April: France’s trade deficit increased slightly in April, because exports fell by 1.0% year-on-year in the month, while imports increased by 1.3% year-on-year.

France exported 49.784 billion euros in April, the previous value was 50.488 billion euros.

Musk: (Twitter) platform will provide creators with emails of subscribers.

The U.S. dollar index DXY rose nearly 10 points in the short term and is now at 104.23.

Spot gold fell by $4 in the short term, falling back below $1960 an ounce, down 0.18% within the day.

The euro against the U.S. dollar EUR/USD fell nearly 10 points in the short term and is now at 1.0676.

European Central Bank executive member Schnabel: We need to see convincing evidence that inflation returns to the 2% target in a sustained and timely manner. We are not there yet.

European Central Bank executive member Schnabel: The service industry plays a key role in (affecting potential) inflation, because wage costs have a greater impact on inflation in the service industry.

European Central Bank executive member Schnabel: headline inflation in the euro area fell relatively quickly after peaking at 10.6% in October last year, but underlying inflation (excluding food and energy price volatility) is more persistent and remains high.

ECB executive member Schnabel: Given all these structural forces, I tend to expect higher structural inflationary pressures going forward.

Schnabel, executive member of the European Central Bank: The rate increase of the European Central Bank is transmitted to the bank lending rate very quickly, and the rate of transmission to the deposit rate is much slower.

European Central Bank executive member Schnabel: Central banks always need to consider the side effects of their monetary policy actions, including risks to financial stability.