Swedish Foreign Minister: We have no alternative, the plan is to become a full member of NATO at the Vilnius summit.

GBP/USD gained 0.50% on the day to trade at 1.2383.

Pinduoduo (PDD.O): Adjusted income per ADS in the first quarter was 6.92 yuan, estimated at 4.36 yuan.

Market news: Binance joint venture plans to establish a digital asset exchange in Thailand by the fourth quarter of 2023.

Swedish Foreign Minister: Full of hope for Sweden to join NATO.

Swedish Foreign Minister: Next week will discuss joining NATO with US Secretary of State Blinken.

Swedish Foreign Minister: Our goal is to become a member of NATO before the Vilnius summit in July.

East Japan Railway Company: Some train services in Chiba Prefecture will be suspended after the earthquake.

According to NHK, the Japanese broadcasting association: Narita International Airport (staff) is checking whether the A and B runways of the airport are damaged.

Spokesman for the German Ministry of Economy: The overall consumer development in Germany remains positive.

Spokesperson for the German Ministry of Economy: We consider the recession a serious problem.

Spokesperson of the German Ministry of Economy: There is no need to reassess the economic situation in Germany.

According to the Japan Broadcasting Association NHK: Tokyo, Chiba, Saitama, and Ibaraki prefectures also felt the earthquake.

European Central Bank Chief Economist Lane: Terminal interest rates are still uncertain.

European Central Bank Chief Economist Lane: Uncertainty in economic forecasting models is high.

Market news: The Netherlands may send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine after the completion of pilot training in Ukraine.

TD Securities: We expect the U.S. core PCE to rise by a tenth to 0.4% MoM in April, matching the MoM increase in core CPI, although 0.3% is also possible (unrounded forecast is 0.37%). Year-over-year growth may rise by a tenth to 4.7%.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky: 1 dead, 15 wounded in shelling of a hospital in Dnipro.

Market news: Manchester subway workers plan to strike on June 10-11.

Breman, deputy governor of the Riksbank: We need to be a little patient to see how long the recent decline in the Swedish krona will last.