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BOJ Rate Decision in Focus as Yen Weakness and Inflation Shape Market Outlook 
Markets React as Tensions Rise Between White House and Federal Reserve Over Interest Rate Pressure 
Japan Declines Comment on BOJ’s Absence From Global Support Statement for Fed Chair Powell. Source: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
ECB Signals Steady Interest Rates as Fed Risks Loom Over Outlook 
Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
ECB’s Cipollone Backs Digital Euro as Europe Pushes for Payment System Independence 
Bank of England Expected to Hold Interest Rates at 3.75% as Inflation Remains Elevated 
U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Fed Chair Jerome Powell Over Headquarters Renovation 
Lots of economic data and events scheduled for today, and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: Investment lending for homes down 4.1 percent in January. Home loans down 2.6 percent.
Upcoming:
- France: Q4 payrolls report will be released at 6:30 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Industrial and manufacturing production report will be published at 9:30 GMT, along with January GDP and trade balance numbers. UK inflation expectation report will be released at 10:00 GMT. UK parliament is likely to vote on the new Brexit deal around 8:30 GMT.
- United States: NFIB nosiness optimism report due at 10:00 GMT, followed by the February CPI report at 12:30 GMT. Fed’s Brainard to speak at 13:45 GMT.
- New Zealand: Food price index will be updated at 21:45 GMT for the month of February.
- Japan: Corporate goods price report will be released at 23:50 GMT, along with January Machinery orders report.
- Auction: the U.S. will auction 10-year note at 17:00 GMT.
