Aussie dollar falls 0.7%, slipping to $0.6959
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US stock futures weaken as Nasdaq futures drop 0.8% and S&P 500 futures decline 0.72%
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Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda anticipates a gradual acceleration in underlying inflation
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According to Kazuo Ueda, a tight job market and firms’ wage and pricing actions will sustain a cycle of concurrent wage and price gains
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According to Kazuo Ueda, a short-term freeze on food sales tax would likely have only a limited influence on inflation expectations despite a temporary dip in prices
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BOJ’s Kazuo Ueda pledges policy guidance aimed at stable inflation accompanied by wage growth
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German Bund futures slip 0.1%, while French OAT futures drop 0.14%
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Gold adds to intraday losses as emerging Fed rate hike bets underpin USD-fx
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FINLAND (FEB) PPI MOM ACTUAL: 1.9% VS 4.3% PREVIOUS
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FINLAND (FEB) PPI YOY ACTUAL: 3.8% VS 1.9% PREVIOUS
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An urgent warning has been issued by the Israeli Army to people in southern Lebanon, including Tyre, Meis el-Jabal, and the Northern Tower.
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10-year JGB yields declined 4.0 basis points, reaching 2.265%.
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Prosecutors say a Russian drone strike on an electric train in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region has killed one person.
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Dubai’s share index rose 4% in early trade, according to LSEG.
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Iranian media: Activation of defenses in Tehran
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The 30-year Japanese government bond yield dropped 2.0 basis points to 3.540%.
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The union says Samsung Electronics and the union are set to restart wage negotiations.
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According to Moldova’s Sandu, Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure severed Moldova’s primary power link with Europe.
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Dubai’s share index trimmed early gains and is now up 1.9%, LSEG said.
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Six Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed north of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan in rocket attacks, according to security sources.
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TURKEY (MAR) REAL SECTOR CONFIDENCE SA ACTUAL 100.0 VS 104.1 PREVIOUS
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