Feb Final News Today

- 05:10 (EU) Daily ECB Liquidity Stats - - 05:30 (HU) Hungary Debt Agency (AKK) to sell 12-month Bills - 05:30 (GR) Greece Debt Agency (PDMA) to sell 13-week Bills ) - 06:00 (IE) Ireland Feb Unemployment Rate: No est v 5.8% prior - 06:00 (CZ) Czech Republic to sell combined CZK14B in 2027, 2031 and 2036 bonds - 06:00 (RU) Russia OFZ Bond auction (if any) - 06:45 (US) Daily Libor Fixing - 07:00 (US) MBA Mortgage Applications w/e Feb 26th: No est v -11.4% prior - 07:00 (BR) Brazil Q4 GDP Q/Q: 2...

- - Speakers - German Chancellor Merkel said to be under pressure to lay out a path to ease Germany’s coronavirus lockdown - France Fin Min Le Maire stated that he was not concerned about the recent increase in borrowing rates. Govt had spent €16B of the stimulus plan. Would not raise taxes or tax household savings - BOJ said to be prepared to defend Yield Curve (YCC) range before its March policy review. BOJ had no pre-set level for stopping yield rise and would depend on the speed of...