Austan Goolsbee Signals Potential for More Fed Rate Cuts as Inflation Shows Improvement 
South Korea Warns Weak Won Could Push Inflation Higher in 2025 
Hong Kong Cuts Base Rate as HKMA Follows U.S. Federal Reserve Move 
BOJ Poised for Historic Rate Hike as Japan Signals Shift Toward Monetary Normalization 
Trump Orders Blockade of Sanctioned Oil Tankers, Raising Venezuela Tensions and Oil Prices 
RBI Cuts Repo Rate to 5.25% as Inflation Cools and Growth Outlook Strengthens 
Asian Markets Rebound as Tech Rally Lifts Wall Street, Investors Brace for BOJ Rate Hike 
Lots of economic data and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: Consumer inflation expectations rose to 4.3 percent in January. Unemployment rate for December came at 5.8 percent.
Upcoming:
- Switzerland: Producer and import prices for December will be released at 8:15 GMT.
- Eurozone: Current account balance for November will be released at 9:00 GMT. ECB will announce monetary policy decision at 12:45 GMT, followed by the press conference at 13:30 GMT.
- United States: Housing starts for December, along with building permits will be released at 13:30 GMT. Weekly jobless claims report will be released at 13:30 GMT. Philadelphia Fed manufacturing for January will be released at 13:30 GMT. EIA will weekly natural gas inventory report at 15:30 GMT and crude oil inventory report at 16:00 GMT.
- Canada: Manufacturing shipments data for November will be released at 13:30 GMT.
