What happened before this:
- Fed’s Bullard: He Recommended Fed Funds Rise Above 3% This Year
- Eurozone Trade Deficit Widens As Energy Import Cost Surges
- Germany FinMin Warns Supply Shortfall From Ukraine War Will Be Severe
- Russia Keeps Rates At 19-Year High As War Fires Up Inflation
- Putin Proposes Nabiullina For Bank Of Russia Governor New Term
- Putin Tells Scholz That Kyiv Is Stalling Peace Talks With Moscow
- ONS: UK Consumer Spending In Line With Pre-Pandemic Level
- BoJ’s Governor Kuroda: Absolutely No Need For Japan To Raise Rates
- Eurozone Bond Yields Steady As Markets Digest Central Bank Moves
- Euro Back On The Defensive Below 1.11 Amid Ukraine-Russia Anxiety
- Global Exodus From Chinese Markets Prompts Xi To Change Tack
Economic Data
- Eurozone Trade Balance SA Jan: -€7.7Bln (est -€9.0Bln; prev -€9.7Bln)
- Eurozone Labour Costs (Y/Y) Q4: 1.9% (prev 2.5%; prevR 2.3%)
- Italian Trade Balance Total Jan: -€5.052Bln (prev €1.103Bln)
- Swedish Unemployment Rate SA Feb: 7.3% (est 7.9%; prev 8.1%)
Ukraine War
- Interfax – Russia Sets Up No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine’s Donbass – RTRS
- Mayor Says Russian Missiles Hit Area Near Airport In Ukraine’s Lviv – RTRS
- Japan Imposes More Sanctions On Russian Officials, Arms Exporter – RTRS
- Germany’s Scholz Urges Ceasefire In Call With Russia’s Putin – RTRS
- Poland To Propose Ukraine Peacekeeping Mission At NATO Summit, Says PM – RTRS
- NATO Wants To Avoid Getting Dragged Into A War With Russia By Mistake – BBG