Colombian Finance Minister: Urging the Central Bank to speed up interest rate cuts.

Federal Reserve Governor Waller: I reiterate that I don’t think there is a need for the United States to launch a central bank digital currency.

OpenAI: We are also building tools to help detect misleading content, such as detection classifiers that can tell when a video was generated by Sora.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $493.065 billion from 82 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

According to PUNCHBOWL: Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will testify before a House committee on March 6.

Market news: Pakistan will increase natural gas sales prices by an average of 18 rupees/million British thermal units.

According to PUNCHBOWL: Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will testify before the Senate Banking Committee on March 7.

Market news: Kenya will buy back US$1.44 billion of 2024 bonds.

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Whitaker: Will expand supervision of Boeing aircraft.

US Secretary of State Blinken: Believes Israel-Hamas hostage agreement (reached) is possible.

US Secretary of State Blinken: Information on new Russian threat will be available soon.

Norges Bank Governor: We must prepare for slightly higher unemployment.

Norges Bank Governor: Inflation is falling.

Norges Bank Governor: We must maintain confidence in reaching the inflation target.

Norges Bank Governor: If the economy develops as expected, further interest rate increases will not be needed.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister: Venezuela will suspend the local high committee’s participation in United Nations activities, and Venezuela requires United Nations staff to leave the country within 72 hours.

ECB Governing Council member Scicluna: Risks are everywhere, but inflation is easing.

ECB Governing Council member Scicluna: I urge not to ignore market views.

ECB Governing Council member Scicluna: The European economy is facing a soft recession.