Japan intervened in the FX market - Nikkei

*ECB'S LAGARDE SAYS ECONOMY CERTAINLY MOVING AWAY FROM BASELINE *LAGARDE SAYS ECB DEBATED VARIOUS OPTIONS INCLUDING RATE HIKE ECB PRESIDENT LAGARDE: DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS ECB President Lagarde: Given our position, six weeks is the right time to evaluate progress. ECB President Lagarde: To release updated scenarios in June.

ECB President Lagarde: Outlook highly uncertain. ECB President Lagarde: incoming data indicate conflict is dampening activity. MORE ECB'S LAGARDE: UNDERLYING INFLATION HAS CHANGED LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS #eurozone #interestrates #ecb #europeancentralbank #monetarypolicy #inflation #energypriceshock #christinelagarde *LAGARDE: INFLATION TO BE WELL ABOVE 2% IN NEAR TERM *LAGARDE: RISKS TO GROWTH OUTLOOK ON DOWNSIDE ECB PRESIDENT LAGARDE: DETERIORATING GLOBAL MARKET MOOD MAY FURTHER WEAKEN DEMAND

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran will put an end to the hostile enemy’s exploitation of the Strait of Hormuz. IRAN'S PARLIAMENT ?SPEAKER QALIBAF SAYS IRAN WILL ,THROUGH EXERCISING CONTROL OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, ENABLE ITSELF AND ITS NEIGHBOURS TO BENEFIT FROM THE VALUABLE PROSPECT OF A FUTURE WITHOUT THE U.S. PRESENCE AND INTERFERENCE

*LAGARDE SAYS SHE KNOWS WHERE ECB IS HEADED ON INTEREST RATES *LAGARDE: `CERTAINLY NOT SEEING SECOND-ROUND EFFECTS'

The Chancellor of Germany should spend more time on ending the war with Russia/Ukraine (Where he has been totally ineffective!), and fixing his broken Country, especially Immigration and Energy, and less time on interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran Nuclear threat, thereby making the World, including Germany, a safer place! President DJT