- ICYMI - Japan's top oil refiners are halting Russian crude oil imports
- Swiss National Bank (SNB) meet today - preview
- Morgan Stanley says markets are expecting too much Bank of England tightening
- Putin wants payment for fuel in roubles - backgrounder and a how to
- BOJ's Kataoka says risks to the economy are skewed to the downside
- Japan's fin min says looking into issue of Russia's demand for payment for oil in rubles
- Google says users are having difficulty accessing Google News app and website in Russia
- PBOC sets USD/ CNY central rate at 6.3640 (vs. estimate at 6.3635)
- Fed speakers coming up on Thursday 24 March 2022 - prepare for a barrage of 50bp comments
- Japan, Jibun Bank / Markit preliminary PMIs for March: manufacturing 53.2 (vs. prior 52.7)
- Biden is expected to announce direct shipments of liquefied natural gas to Europe
- The 'Anonymous' collective says it has hacked the central bank of Russia
- BOJ January meeting minutes - link to full text
- Australian PM Morrison says he is concerned about Putin attending G20 in November
- US embassy in Moscow receives a list of diplomats declared 'persona non grata' by Russia
- UK announced even more support for Ukraine
- Latest update on Ukraine from the UK Ministry of Defence
- Australian March preliminary PMIs: Manufacturing 57.3 (prior 57) & Services 57.9 (57.4)
- Russian stock market will partially re-open Thursday.
- ICYMI - US reinstates 352 product exclusions from China tariffs
- New Zealand - RBNZ - IMF calls for 'significant increases' to the cash rate )
- Fitch to withdraw its ratings on Russian entities
- Governor of Russia's central bank tried to resign over Ukraine invasion - Putin said no
- Trade ideas thread - Thursday 24 March 2022
- US major indices at session lows w/the three major indices closing down -1.2 to -1.3%
Oil was a move once again today, testing higher. As I post though, nearly all of the session gains have been retraced.
US Treasuries fell (yields up) a little, lending some support to the USD during the session here. EUR, AUD, NZD, GBP all fell against the big dollar, as did yen and CHF. USD/CAD is barely net changed on the session.
Regional equities followed the weaker tone in the US on Wednesday. Japan, Hong Kong and China all down on the day.
Data flow was light. We had flash PMIs from Australia and Japan (see bullets above).
News flow, too, was light. A couple of points though:
It appears Russia has blocked Google News in the country (see bullets above)
Interestingly the 'Anonymous' collective says it has hacked the central bank of Russia and will be publishing some of the 35,000 files it has, some of which pertain to secret agreements/contracts. Stay tuned for that!
