💱 USDCNY = 6.89
USDRUB = 82.30

🇦🇺📊 Australia (March)
Manufacturing PMI = 50.1 (prev. 51)
Services PMI = 46.6 (prev. 52.8)
Composite PMI = 47 (prev. 52.4)

❗️🇯🇵 JAPAN — CONSUMER INFLATION CPI (Feb)

m/m = -0.2% (exp +0.2% / prev -0.2%)
y/y = +1.3% (exp +1.3% / prev +1.5%)

Core CPI = +1.6% y/y (exp +1.8% / prev +2%)

⚠️🛢️🇮🇷 Israel struck two Iranian energy infrastructure facilities: 2 gas stations attacked — Fars

⚠️🇮🇷 Israel has no intention of stopping strikes on Iran — Netanyahu

🔥🇮🇷🇺🇸 The US is considering Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf as a candidate for Iran's new Supreme Leader — Politico

Ghalibaf reportedly has been cooperating with the US government for many years. He has never been sanctioned.

🇨🇳 China does not plan to join Russia-US nuclear weapons negotiations, ambassador says — ambassador, Izvestia

🛢️ Von der Leyen: EU may send ships to the Strait of Hormuz after the conflict

⚠️🇺🇦 RIA Novosti: no preparations underway for talks on Ukraine in Turkey

Nvidia CEO stated that artificial general intelligence (AGI), capable of matching or surpassing human intelligence, has already been achieved.

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In August 2025, Musk stated that with the development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), the world could turn into a simulation, and humans would become secondary characters in it.

🌕📊 World Gold Council (WGC):

Additional central banks will buy gold due to geopolitical risks

Last year, global central banks accounted for approximately 17% of total gold demand

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Saudi Arabia and the UAE may soon join the US and Israel in war against Iran — WSJ

Joining the war is only a matter of time, one source told the publication.

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Middle East Eye previously reported that Saudi Arabia and the UAE may soon enter the war against Iran

⚠️🇮🇷 The entire Middle East will soon become one giant cauldron of fire, where everything will intertwine and a fierce "all against all" war will unfold — analysts

⚠️🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump, with new promises not to strike Iran's power plants, is once again trying to buy time until Saturday

His ultimatum expires Friday, March 27

US military forces are expected to arrive in the region on Friday

A US ground operation in Iran could be announced this weekend (though not confirmed)

Either way, a ground operation is coming

— experts

WSJ: Thousands of US Marines are set to arrive in the Middle East on March 27

🇷🇺📊 Russia's Ministry of Economic Development proposes granting holders of preferred shares the right to demand dividend payments from a company if their payment priority was violated by a general shareholders' meeting resolution. Currently, common shareholders can illegally alter the payment order — Ведомости

✴️ Cardano is at its maximum short interest in 3 years — strong bounce possible — Santiment

🇷🇺🇻🇳 Russia and Vietnam have signed an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant, as well as hydrocarbon extraction and supply

🛢️ Fitch expects high oil prices to remain at current levels at least through the end of this month

⚠️🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russian coal exports of all types to China fell 15% YoY in January–February 2026 — customs data

*Russia's share of coal supplies to China is approximately 30%*

🇷🇺🌾 Russia increased wheat exports 2.7x y/y from March 1–20, to 3.1 mln tonnes — RZS

Importing countries are ramping up grain purchases amid unstable geopolitical conditions to avoid the risk of shortages in regional markets

⚠️🇷🇺 EU cut purchases of Russian aluminum 19.5x YoY in January