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US Trade Deficit Hits Record in

2021

The US trade gap in both goods and services rose 27% to hit $859 billion in
2021, an annual record as imports grew faster than exports. The imports
surged 20.5% or $576.5 billion last year, as Americans purchased more
foreign products and strong demand pushed up the prices. Meanwhile,
exports were up 18.5 percent or $394.1 billion. (/united-states/balance-of-
trade)

US Futures Climb Higher After Tuesday’s Rebound

US equity futures climbed higher on Wednesday after US stocks rebounded broadly in the previous session, as investors digested another batch of solid quarterly earnings
results. Dow futures rose 0.15%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures each gained about 0.2%. Chipotle jumped about 7% in after-hours trading on an earnings beat
and better margins, while Lyft fell around 6% after the company forecasted a Q1 revenue that missed expectations. In regular trading on Tuesday, the Nasdaq (1.28%) led
the market higher, followed by the Dow (1.06%) and the S&P 500 (0.84%). A handful of strong corporate earnings boosted sentiment, including from Harley-Davidson
(15.5%), Chegg (16%), DuPont (6.3%) and Centene (6%). Companies slated to report earnings on Wednesday include CVS Health, Fox Corp., Disney and Uber, among
others. Investors also await Thursday’s inflation data which is expected to show a 7.2% annual gain in January, bolstering the case for a more aggressive Federal Reserve
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US Crude Oil Inventories Unexpectedly Fall: API

Stocks of crude oil in the United States decreased by 2.025 million barrels in the week ended February 4th of 2022, following a 1.645 million barrels fall in the previous
week and compared with market expectations of a 0.675 million rise, data from the American Petroleum Institute showed. It was the third straight weekly decline and the
biggest slump since the week ended December 31th 2021.

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Japanese Shares Track Wall Street Higher

The Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.8% to around 27,500 while the broader Topix Index gained 0.7% to 1,950 on Wednesday, as Japanese stocks tracked a strong overnight
session on Wall Street. The major US averages gained broadly on solid earnings, with investors at least temporarily putting aside concerns over upcoming Federal Reserve
rate hikes. SoftBank Group shares jumped 5% after the global investor announced plans to take Arm public following the collapse of a planned sale of the unit to Nvidia.
Other technology firms also advanced, with gains from Lasertec (2.4%), Tokyo Electron (1%), Renesas Electronics (5.2%), Z Holdings (5.5%) and Recruit Holdings (1.5%).
Sharp gains were also seen from Japanese steel firms including JFE Holdings (9.4%), Nippon Steel (2.1%) and Kobe Steel (3.1%).

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Australia Shares Extend Gains on Bank Boost

The S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.15% to around 7,197 on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session as financial stocks lifted the market, with the country’s
largest lender leading the charge. Commonwealth Bank shares jumped more than 4% after announcing a A$2 billion share buyback plan and A$3 billion in dividends as the
bank saw strong growth in lending, which cushioned the blow from stiff competition. Other gainers in the sector include Westpac Banking (2%), ANZ Bank (0.7%) and
National Australia Bank (0.7%). Technology stocks also advanced following a strong overnight finish among Wall Street peers, led by Computershare (9%) after the
company reported strong earnings. Meanwhile, energy and mining firms mostly declined on weaker prices in their underlying commodities.

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Aluminum Hits 13-Year High

The LME three-month aluminum price surged to above $3,200 per tonne in February, a level not seen since July of 2008, as strong demand and limited output has pushed
the inventories to critical levels. Smelters in Europe are reducing production due to the high cost of energy while the output in China has been hit by restrictions related to
Covid outbreaks. As a result, stocks of the metal in the LME warehouses have tumbled to 768,250 tonnes, their lowest level since February 2007.

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Australia Consumer Confidence Falls 1.3% in February

The Consumer Sentiment Index in Australia declined 1.3% MoM to 100.8 points in February 2022, weighed down by concerns over the rising cost of living and prospects of
higher interest rates. Although health disruptions from the omicron variant have eased, resulting in an improved outlook for the economy and the labor market, this was
more than offset by increased pressure on family finances. The ‘economy, next 12 months’ sub-index increased by 2.4% and the ‘economy, next 5 years’ sub-index was up
by 1.5%. Meanwhile, the ‘finances vs a year ago’ sub-index slumped by 9.2% (more than reversing the surprise 7.5% lift in January) while the ‘finances, next 12 months’
sub-index fell by 1.5% to be down by 4.3% since December. The proportion of respondents expecting an increase in mortgage rates over the next 12 months also lifted
from 55% in January to 66% in February with over one in four consumers now expecting rates to rise by more than a percentage point.
2 hours ago
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Commodity Forex Index Stock Bond Crypto

Actual Chg %Chg

Crude Oil (/commodity/crude-oil) 89.4600 1.86 -2.04%

Brent (/commodity/brent-crude-oil) 90.9600 1.73 -1.87%

Natural gas (/commodity/natural-gas) 4.2230 0.009 -0.21%

Gasoline (/commodity/gasoline) 2.6355 0.0104 0.40%

Heating Oil (/commodity/heating-oil) 2.8015 0.0539 -1.89%

Gold (/commodity/gold) 1826.79 1.31 0.07%

Silver (/commodity/silver) 23.259 0.083 0.36%

Copper (/commodity/copper) 4.4555 0.007 -0.16%

Soybeans (/commodity/soybeans) 1570.0000 11.75 -0.74%

Wheat (/commodity/wheat) 776.0000 7.25 0.94%

Coal (/commodity/coal) 241.00

5.00 2.12%

Steel (/commodity/steel) 4,850.00

42.00 0.87%

Iron Ore (/commodity/iron-ore) 146.00

3.00 2.10%

Lumber (/commodity/lumber) 1,159.90

45.00 4.04%

More (/commodities)

Coronavirus Vaccines Deaths Recovered

Cases Total Change PerMillion

United States
(/united-states/coronavirus-cases 76,852,768 340,947 233,254

India
(/india/coronavirus-cases) 42,339,611 67,597 31,429

Brazil
(/brazil/coronavirus-cases) 24,764,838 228,954 116,914

More (/country-list/coronavirus-cases)

Country GDP GDP YoY GDP QoQ Interest rate Inflation rate Jobless rate Gov. Budget

United States (/unite 20937 (/united- 5.50% (/united- 6.90% (/united- 0.25% (/united- 7.00% (/united- 4.00% (/united- -14.90% (/united-
states/gdp) states/gdp- states/gdp- states/interest- states/inflation-cpi) states/unemployment- states/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) rate) budget)

China (/china/indicat 14723 4.00% 1.60% 3.70% 1.50% 5.10% -3.70%

(/china/gdp) (/china/gdp- (/china/gdp- (/china/interest- (/china/inflation- (/china/unemployment- (/china/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

Euro Area (/euro-are 13011 (/euro- 4.60% (/euro- 0.30% (/euro- 0.00% (/euro- 5.10% (/euro- 7.00% (/euro- -7.20% (/euro-
area/gdp) area/gdp- area/gdp- area/interest-rate) area/inflation-cpi) area/unemployment-rate) area/government-
growth-annual) growth) budget)

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Japan (/japan/indica 4975 1.40% -0.90% -0.10% 0.80% 2.70% -12.60%

(/japan/gdp) (/japan/gdp- (/japan/gdp- (/japan/interest- (/japan/inflation- (/japan/unemployment- (/japan/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

Germany (/germany/ 3846 1.40% -0.70% 0.00% 4.90% 5.10% -4.30%

(/germany/gdp) (/germany/gdp- (/germany/gdp- (/germany/interest- (/germany/inflation- (/germany/unemployment- (/germany/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

United Kingdom (/un 2708 (/united- 6.80% (/united- 1.10% (/united- 0.50% (/united- 5.40% (/united- 4.10% (/united- -14.90% (/united-
kingdom/gdp) kingdom/gdp- kingdom/gdp- kingdom/interest- kingdom/inflation- kingdom/unemployment- kingdom/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

France (/france/indic 2630 5.40% 0.70% 0.00% 2.90% 8.10% -9.20%

(/france/gdp) (/france/gdp- (/france/gdp- (/france/interest- (/france/inflation- (/france/unemployment- (/france/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

India (/india/indicato 2623 8.40% 12.70% 4.00% 5.59% 8.00% -9.40%

(/india/gdp) (/india/gdp- (/india/gdp- (/india/interest- (/india/inflation-cpi) (/india/unemployment- (/india/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) rate) budget)

Italy (/italy/indicators 1886 6.40% 0.60% 0.00% 4.80% 9.00% -9.50%

(/italy/gdp) (/italy/gdp- (/italy/gdp- (/italy/interest-rate) (/italy/inflation-cpi) (/italy/unemployment-rate) (/italy/government-
growth-annual) growth) budget)

Canada (/canada/ind 1644 4.00% 1.30% 0.25% 4.80% 6.50% -14.90%

(/canada/gdp) (/canada/gdp- (/canada/gdp- (/canada/interest- (/canada/inflation- (/canada/unemployment- (/canada/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

South Korea (/south- 1631 (/south- 4.10% (/south- 1.10% (/south- 1.25% (/south- 3.60% (/south- 3.80% (/south- -6.10% (/south-
korea/gdp) korea/gdp- korea/gdp- korea/interest- korea/inflation-cpi) korea/unemployment- korea/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) rate) budget)

Russia (/russia/indic 1484 4.30% -0.80% 8.50% 8.40% 4.30% -3.80%

(/russia/gdp) (/russia/gdp- (/russia/gdp- (/russia/interest- (/russia/inflation- (/russia/unemployment- (/russia/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

Brazil (/brazil/indicat 1445 4.00% -0.10% 10.75% 10.06% 11.60% -13.40%

(/brazil/gdp) (/brazil/gdp- (/brazil/gdp- (/brazil/interest- (/brazil/inflation- (/brazil/unemployment- (/brazil/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

Australia (/australia/i 1331 3.90% -1.90% 0.10% 3.50% 4.20% -4.30%

(/australia/gdp) (/australia/gdp- (/australia/gdp- (/australia/interest- (/australia/inflation- (/australia/unemployment- (/australia/government-
growth-annual) growth) rate) cpi) rate) budget)

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