Rocketman Returns

Below gives key levels of markets in the second half of the Asia-Pac session:

• Nikkei 225 up 30.37 points at 29332.16
• ASX 200 down 23.956 points at 7565.8
• Shanghai Comp. down 43.6 points at 3588.729
• JGB 10-Yr future down 1 tick at 151.42, yield down 0.2bp at 0.086%
• Aussie 10-Yr future down 3.5 ticks at 98.185, yield up 3.8bp at 1.785%
• U.S. 10-Yr future up 0-04+ ticks at 129-13+, yield down 0.7bp at 1.6403%
• WTI crude down $0.06 at $76.93, Gold up $1.29 at $1815.89
• USD/JPY down 17 pips at Y115.99
• FED’S KASHKARI: INFLATION SHOULD EASE WITH PANDEMIC (MNI)
• WHITE HOUSE: BIDEN IS PRIORITIZING DIVERSITY IN FED PICKS (RTRS)
• MANCHIN SAYS HE HAS HAD NO TALKS ABOUT RESURRECTING BIDEN’S BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN (CNBC)
• BORIS JOHNSON PLANS TO 'RIDE OUT' OMICRON WAVE WITH NO MORE CURBS (BBC)
• PBOC MAY BOOST LIQUIDITY INJECTION BEFORE SPRING FESTIVAL (CSJ)
• NORTH KOREA FIRES UNIDENTIFIED PROJECTILE, SOME POINT TO BALLISTIC MISSILE