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Amazon Cloud Services (AWS): This outage was caused by a thermal event that caused an operational failure in an Availability Zone in the US-East-1 region, resulting in a power outage. There are still a small number of instances and EBS volumes that cannot be used normally.

General Administration of Customs: China imported 38.471 million tons of crude oil in April, compared with 49.982 million tons in March.

General Administration of Customs: China imported 185.292 million tons of crude oil from January to April.

Market News: US President Trump returned to the White House on Friday night local time, but he did not respond to questions about whether he received a response from Iran that night.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: The "Rededicate 250" event will be held on May 17.

The FBI has learned of a service outage affecting an online learning management system. The disruption has affected schools, educational institutions and students in the United States.

U.S. Central Command: U.S. forces in the Middle East maintain combat readiness.

Fed Governor Waller: The framework will not weaken the independence of local Feds.

Fed Governor Waller: Regional Fed chairmen have developed a framework aimed at centralizing some of the Fed's functions.

U.S. President Trump: (Regarding hantavirus) We seem to have the situation under control.

U.S. President Trump: Discussed tariffs with Brazilian President Lula.

U.S. President Trump: No intention to replace the director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Fed Goolsby, Daley, Governor Bowman, and Governor Waller will attend the special discussion session of the Hoover Institution's 2026 Monetary Policy Conference in ten minutes.

Citigroup: Maintains its forecast for crude oil prices at US$120 in the next three months.

The chief financial officer of Brazilian airline AZUL said that it expects to incur a loss of 1 billion reais this year due to rising aviation fuel prices.

S&P: Despite rising energy prices, Poland's real GDP is expected to grow by 3% over the next three years, reflecting rising real income and EU-funded investment.

S&P: (Regarding Israel) The U.S.-Iran and Israel-Hamas ceasefires are expected to be broadly in effect.

The Federal Reserve survey showed that in the spring of 2020, the oil crisis was listed as the second largest risk; in the fall of 2025 survey, the issue did not appear among the main concerns.

The S&P 500 Index rose 2.33% this week, the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 4.51%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.22%.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index rose for the sixth consecutive week, their longest winning streak since October 2024.