U.S. Treasury Eyes Private Credit Oversight Through Insurance Regulator Talks 
Bank of Japan Holds Rates Steady Amid Iran War Inflation Fears 
Goldman Sachs Delays Bank of England Rate Cut Forecast Amid Middle East Inflation Risks 
WTO Digital Trade Talks Stall as E-Commerce Tariff Deadline Looms 
Asian Currencies Hold Steady Amid U.S.-Israel-Iran Tensions and BOJ Signals 
Oil Prices Surge Past $100 as U.S.-Iran Peace Hopes Collapse 
Middle East Conflict Drives Dollar Surge as Yen Hits Critical Threshold 
RBA Raises Cash Rate to 4.10% in Closest Vote Since Transparent Voting Began 
Gold Prices Rise Amid Geopolitical Tensions and Safe Haven Demand 
Bank of Japan Signals Rate Flexibility Amid Yen Volatility 
Google's TurboQuant Sends South Korean Chip Stocks Tumbling Amid AI Memory Demand Fears 
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- New Zealand: ANZ commodity price index rose 2 percent in February.
- Japan: Markit services PMI marginally declined to 51.3 in February.
- China: Caixin services PMI for February marginally declines to 52.6
Upcoming:
- Japan: Consumer confidence index will be updated at 5:00 GMT.
- Germany: Retail sales details for January will be reported at 7:00 GMT, followed by the release of Markit services PMI report at 8:55 GMT.
- Spain: Markit services PMI report will be updated at 8:00 GMT, followed by the updating of house price index at 9:00 GMT.
- Italy: Markit services PMI report will be released at 8:45 GMT, followed by fourth quarter GDP at 9:00 GMT.
- France: Markit services PMI report will be published at 8:50 GMT
- Eurozone: Markit services PMI will be released at 9:00 GMT and retail sales report at 10:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Markit services PMI for February will be reported at 9:30 GMT.
- United States: Markit services PMI report will be released at 14:45 GMT, followed by ISM-non-manufacturing PMI at 15:00 GMT. Many FOMC speakers are scheduled today; Evans and Lacker at 15:15 GMT, Powell at 17:15 GMT, Fischer and Yellen at 18:00 GMT.
