After his now infamous remarks last week here, be sure to keep your eyes and ears peeled on more Fedspeak in the weeks ahead. Let’s see if Bullard will stick with his guns later today. When you factor in all his comments in the past few years, the guy is unreal to say the least.
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Fed’s George: Too soon to say if March would see 50 bps rate hike
What we have to do is be systematicIt is always preferable to go gradual, I’d be hard-pressed to say we have got to get to neutral really fastBut strong inflation and market pricing paves the groundwork for discussionIf we get to March and the data says we should talk about it, then 50 bps rate hike
Kremlin says if Ukraine renounced joining NATO, it would significantly address concerns
Does not see Ukraine envoy’s comments on NATO as an official change in positionSays Putin and Germany’s Scholz will discuss Ukraine, security guaranteesWell, I don’t think the remarks by Prystaiko matter too much because he walked back on them later on here. In any case, there isn’t much of a new de
Russia ready to open fire on foreign ships that illegally enter its territorial waters
But any decision to open fire would only be taken at the ‚highest level’The first few words of the headline i.e. „open fire“ were a bit spicy, not gonna lie. But this seems to be Russia just standing their ground in case there is interference from other parties. I doubt that this is a new developmen
FX option expiries for 14 February 10am New York cut
Just one large one to take note of for the day, as highlighted in bold.That being for AUD/USD at 0.7100-10 but at the moment, it is hard to see expiry levels matter too much. It’s all about the market mood and risk sentiment is the key driver amid Russia-Ukraine tensions.As such, don’t expect the
Biden and Putin spoke on Saturday – the two agreed to stay engaged in the days ahead
Axios with the report of the latest (confirmed) developments (there are plenty of unconfirmed rumours doing the round this weekend).
Presidents Biden and Putin spoke for just over an hour
Via a senior administration official:
Biden said
U.S. and allies will „respond decisively and impose
ECB’s Rehn says the Bank needs to look beyond short-term inflation
European Central Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn, governor of the Finnish central bank, is looking beyond current inflation levels in policy-setting:
“If we reacted strongly to inflation in the short term, we would probably cause economic growth to stop,”
“It’s better to look beyond
Stocks take it on the chin on Russia tension
The US major indices are closing sharply lower with the Nasdaq leading the way. The final numbers are showing: Dow fell -503.53 points or -1.43% at 34738.07 S&P fell -85.42 points or -1.90% at 4418.65 Nasdaq fell -394.48 points or -2.78% at 13791.16 Russell 2000 fell -21.01 points
Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: War reports rock markets
US believes Putin told Russian military he plans to invade Ukraine – report
White House: We are not saying Putin has made a final decision
The reports continue: Biden indeed told leaders that Putin decided to attack next week
Biden and Putin to talk on the phone on Saturday
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White House: We are not saying Putin has made a final decision
The reports continue: Biden indeed told leaders that Putin decided to attack next week
Biden and Putin to talk on the phone on Saturday
US F
Gold testing the top of a major consolidation pattern. What Ukraine-Russia conflict means
Gold has been consolidating around $1800 for more than a year but there’s a series of higher lows that’s been building since the start of 2021 and now it’s threatening to break out of the long-term wedge.It’s way too early to say today’s $35 rally and push through the top is a breakout but i