Brazil Meat Exports Weather Iran War Disruptions With Rerouted Shipments 
Fed Rate Cut Hopes Fade as Oil Prices Stoke Inflation Fears 
Paraguay Central Bank Holds Interest Rate at 5.5% Amid Slowing Growth 
Asian Currencies Hold Steady Amid U.S.-Israel-Iran Tensions and BOJ Signals 
Google's TurboQuant Sends South Korean Chip Stocks Tumbling Amid AI Memory Demand Fears 
BOJ Holds Interest Rates Steady Amid Middle East Uncertainty 
EU and CPTPP Nations Push for Landmark Digital Trade Agreement 
China Holds Benchmark Loan Prime Rate Steady for Tenth Consecutive Month 
South Korea March Exports Expected to Surge to Near Five-Year High Amid AI-Driven Chip Demand 
Lots of economic data and events scheduled for today But all with low to medium volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: Building permits up 7 percent in November, down 4.8 percent from a year ago. ANZ job advertisements declined by 1.9 percent in December.
- China: Forex reserve declined to $3.011 trillion.
Upcoming:
- Germany: Industrial production and trade balance for November will be reported at 7:00 GMT.
- Switzerland: Real retail sales figure for November will be released at 8:15 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Halifax house prices for December will be reported at 8:30 GMT.
- Italy: Italy will release unemployment report at 9:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: Sentix investor confidence report will be published at 9:30 GMT, followed by unemployment report at 10:00 GMT.
- United States: Boston Fed President Rosengren is scheduled to speak at 14:00 GMT. Labor market condition index will be published at 15:00 GMT. Fed’s Lockhart is scheduled to speak at 17:45 GMT
- Canada: Bank of Canada will release its business outlook survey report at 15:30 GMT.
- Auctions: US will auction 3-month and 6-month bills at 16:30 GMT.
