Heads up: Fed speakers coming up later in the day 0 (0)

Fedspeak is going to be a hot topic in the market this week
Here’s the agenda for today:
1400 GMT – Fed’s Williams speaks at a virtual conference
The conference is hosted by the NY Fed and Williams will be delivering opening and closing remarks at the event. His opening speech is expected to be for 5 minutes

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Baden-Wuerttemberg February CPI +1.4% vs +1.1% y/y prior 0 (0)

Latest data released by Destatis – 1 March 2021
This just adds to confirmation that the German national reading later should see CPI tick slightly higher than the January reading of +1.0% y/y. The estimate is for a jump to +1.2% y/y to +1.3% y/y – which will be the highest since March last year.

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Biden says ‚time to act‘ on $1.9 trillion stimulus 0 (0)

Biden urges Senate to pass legislation
Biden called on the Senate to quickly pass the $1.9 trillion stimulus package after it cruised through the House.
„It’s time to act,“ he said on Saturday, noting that an „overwhelming“ percentage of Americans support the bill. „We have no time to wasted.“

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ForexLive Americas FX news wrap: Australian dollar crushed 0 (0)

Forex news for North American trading on February 26, 2021:
Markets:
The reverberations from yesterday’s bond implosion left broader markets in a delicate state. Even as yields turned much lower, FX risk trades couldn’t get a footing. How much of that was month-end and how much was jitters was open to debate.

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