According To An AXIOS Reporter: Two U.S. Officials Said That Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander Of U.S. Central Command, And General Dan Crenn, Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff, Briefed President Trump For 45 Minutes Today On A New Plan For Possible Military Action Against Iran

According To An AXIOS Reporter: Two U.S. Officials Said That Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander Of U.S. Central Command, And General Dan Kane, Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff, Briefed President Trump For 45 Minutes Today To Discuss New Plans For Possible Military Action Against Iran

Mizuho Securities: The Yen May Remain Weak Amid A Policy Vacuum At The Bank Of Japan

Australia's First-quarter PPI Rose 0.4% Quarter-on-quarter, Compared With The Previous Reading Of 0.80%

Fu Cong, China’s Permanent Representative To The United Nations, Spoke At An Open Meeting Of The Security Council On The North Korean Nuclear Issue On April 30, Emphasizing The Need To Prevent War And Chaos On The Korean Peninsula

The Yield On Japan's 30-year Government Bonds Fell 2.0 Basis Points To 3.715%

Japanese Finance Minister Warns Of Speculative Yen Volatility, Suggesting Possible Further Intervention

Senior Trump Administration Officials Said The Hostilities That Began On February 28 Under The War Powers Act Have "terminated."

The Yield On Japan's 10-year Government Bonds Fell 1.5 Basis Points To 2.500%

South Korean Exports Continue To Surge Amid Boost From AI-Related Demand

Jun Mimura, Finance Minister Of Japan's Ministry Of Finance: We Maintain Close Ties With The United States Regarding Foreign Exchange

Reuters Survey: 33 Out Of 30 Economists Expect The Reserve Bank Of Australia To Raise The Cash Rate To 4.35% On May 5. More Than One-third Of Economists Anticipate That The Reserve Bank Of Australia Will Increase Interest Rates To 4.60% Or Higher This Year (no Economist Predicted This In The March Survey)

Tokyo's Core Inflation Rate Has Remained Below The Bank Of Japan's Target Level For The Third Consecutive Month

South Korea's Preliminary April Trade Balance Came In At US$23.77 Billion, Versus An Expected US$23.0 Billion; The Previous Reading Was Revised Upward From US$25.737 Billion To US$26.239 Billion

South Korea's April Export Year-on-Year Growth Rate Was 48%, Versus An Expected 45.3% And A Previous Reading Revised From 48.30% To 49.20%

South Korea's April Import Year-on-Year Rate Was 16.7%, Versus An Expected 14.5% And A Previous Reading Of 13.20%