Comments by BOE chief economist, Andy Haldane
Then again, that owes much to the fact that the UK is progressing well on the vaccine rollout. So, that needs to be taken into consideration as well.

The BOJ last bought ETFs on 28 January and held off buying more until today
That said, they still hold a commitment to buy roughly ¥6 trillion worth of ETFs at an annual average pace so that is something to consider unless communicated otherwise. I mean, what better timing to buy more when the market is down.

EUR/USD sellers look to try and seize near-term control
Despite calmer tones in the market so far in European morning trade, the dollar is still keeping bid as there is still an air of uncertainty ahead of US trading later.

Comments by Japan prime minister, Yoshihide Suga
This confirms earlier reports and will apply to the prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Aichi, Gifu, and Fukuoka. Meanwhile, Suga says that they plan to end all state of emergency measures by 7 March – this will apply to Tokyo.