FX option expiries for 8 March 10am New York cut 0 (0)

There’s no significant expiries on the board nearby the current spot prices, so there isn’t much to distract from the market mood today.There are some calmer undertones prevailing as there is a sense of push and pull still ongoing in the market right now. Russia-Ukraine tensions remain a key risk

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US February NFIB small business optimism index 95.7 vs 97.1 prior 0 (0)

Prior 97.1The headline reading drops to its lowest in a year as inflation fears are starting to weigh on sentiment, with a record percentage of establishments seen raising prices. More than 1/4 of businesses cited inflation as their largest problem – the highest since 1981 – with a record 68% saying

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Euro slightly higher with light changes seen among major currencies 0 (0)

The euro is up by 0.2% on the day against the dollar, holding around 1.0870-80 levels currently. The high earlier hit 1.0920 after the news on the EU potentially stepping up spending on energy and defence amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
The details remain light on that front, so we’ll have to wait a

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EU to provide guidance over monitoring crypto if used to bypass sanctions – sources 0 (0)

It probably could happen but surely on a scale where it wouldn’t concern authorities whatsoever, so this is a moot topic in my view. Besides that, I don’t see what’s the point in troubling themselves so much to try and monitor this when they can expend their efforts elsewhere – like making sure this

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