US Secretary of State Blinken: Will support the efforts of any other country, as long as it helps to find a just, lasting and peaceful path consistent with the principles of the UN Charter.

US Secretary of State Blinken: The United States welcomes any initiative that helps bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table for meaningful diplomacy.

SNB Deputy Governor: Remains ready to act aggressively in the foreign exchange market to ensure an appropriate monetary environment.

SNB Deputy Governor: Inflationary pressures are expanding.

SNB Vice President: We are seeing more and more signs that inflation is spreading beyond energy and supply bottlenecks.

SNB Deputy Governor: Although inflation has fallen recently, the alarm cannot be sounded.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken: Ukraine needs a strong air force, an integrated air and missile defense network, advanced tank and armored vehicles, and ammunition production capabilities.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken: The United States will help Ukraine build a future military.

Market news: The President of Poland proposed to reform the investigative committee.

Market news: Kazakhstan’s Kashagan oil field has increased additional inspections due to gas leaks, and has increased cuts in oil production, with daily output reduced by about 170,000 barrels.

National Hurricane Center: Tropical Depression Two is about 285 miles (460 kilometers) west of Fort Myers, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 km/h). Tropical Depression II continued to move slowly southward with little change in intensity.

The Riksbank: Will investigate the impact of the exchange rate fluctuations of the Swedish krona at the end of the year.

According to the local governor: Ukraine shelled the Belgorod region of Russia, and two people were killed in the shelling.

Emerging market investment firm GQG is betting $13 billion on Indian stocks and says it will continue to buy.

Deputy Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan: The government raised the GDP forecast for the end of 2023 from 2.7% to 2.8%.

Dow futures rose 0.4%, S&P 500 futures, Nasdaq futures rose 0.3%.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): It is estimated that global cereal production will reach 2.813 billion tons in 2023, an increase of 1% over 2022.

London Metal Exchange (LME): Aluminum inventories increased by 200 tons, copper inventories decreased by 850 tons, nickel inventories decreased by 84 tons, lead inventories were flat, tin inventories were flat, and zinc inventories were flat.

ECB Governing Council Vasle: Monetary policy alone is not enough to solve economic problems and needs the assistance of other policies.