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The US consumer price index (CPI) climbed 2.4% year-on-year in February, unchanged from January and matching the market estimate.

Heavy Night of Combat in the Middle East; Trump Hints at Ending War But Emphasises No Premature End; Iran Hits Oil Targets in Gulf, Threatens Tech Companies, Mines Hormuz; US/Israel Strikes Continue to Degrade Iran Regime; Israel Launches Harsh Strikes Against Hezbollah in Beirut, Threatens Lebanese State; US CPI 2.4% as Expected

G7 Will Release Millions of Barrels of Oil; Stocks Higher, Crude Oil Lower; US/Iran Exchange Threats Over Hormuz; US Inflation Expected Unchanged

Surprise Remark Sends Stocks Higher, Crude Oil Firmly Lower; Unclear What Trump Really Means, Pentagon Talked of Weeks 2 Days Ago; Trump Issues Existential Threat to Counter Iran Threat on Hormuz

Crude Oil, Energies Continue to Rise Strongly as Iran Attacks Bahraini Oil Refinery; WTI Crude Oil Derivatives Spike to Implied $120 Before Falling; Stock Markets Drop Heavily; G7 to Discuss Release of Emergency Oil Reserves; Wheat Futures Make Long-Term High

Crude Oil, Energies Continue to Rise as Traffic Stops Moving at Hormuz, Trump Promises Insurance; Asian Stock Markets Higher, Europe/USA Lower

Crude Oil, Energies Continue to Rise as Traffic Stops Moving at Hormuz, Trump Promises US Naval Escorts; Asian Stock Markets Plummet; Rising Natural Gas Prices Hit Euro

Crude Oil, Energies Continue to Rise on Hormuz Disruption; Qatar Closes Largest LNG Plant Hit by Iran; Violent Night of War in Several Middle East Countries; Markets Await UK Budget, Australian GDP Data

Markets Open With Strong Gap, Caused by Iran War; WTI Crude Oil Futures >7%, Stock Markets Lower; Precious Metals Rise; Hezbollah Joins War, Israel Strikes Lebanon, Iran Hits UK Base in Cyprus

US Stock Markets Rise, NVIDIA Earnings Seen Easing AI Fears; Japanese, Korean Stock Markets Make Record Highs; Bitcoin Breaks Above Key Resistance Level

Two Dovish Academics Nominated to BoJ Board, Japanese Yen Drops; Australian Inflation Higher Than Expected, Boosting Aussie; Trump Pledges 15% Global Tariff, Non-Nuclear Iran; Crude Oil Threatens to Drop; Precious Metals Gaining Again; Polymarket Sees US Strike on Iran LIkeliest Over Next 3 Weekends

President Trump Working to Implement New 15% Global Tariff, Sending US Stocks Tumbling; Gold and WTI Crude Oil Standout Gainers; Trump Pushes Back on US War Fears Leaks, Polymarket Forecasts US Attack on Iran Likely Within 19 Days

Supreme Court Strikes Down Some Trump Tariffs, President Declares New 15% Global Tariff, Sending US Assets Lower; US/Iran Talks Set for Thursday in Geneva, Polymarket Sees 31% Chance of US Attack Within 10 Days, Probable Attack by Late March 15; Precious Metals Gain

WTI Crude Oil Rises Strongly, Nears 6-Month High; US Moves Military Assets, Briefs for a 5-Week War; Polymarket Sees 30% Chance of US Attack Within 10 Days, Probable Attack by March 15; Stock Markets Rally as AI Fears Decline; FOMC Minutes Solidify Hawkish Tilt

RBNZ Signals Weaker Tightening Cycle, Kiwi Loses Ground; US Stock Indices, Asian Stock Markets Edge Higher; Precious Metals Continue Consolidation; Canadian CPI a Tick Lower than Expected