Dutch Defense Minister: The first batch of Dutch F-16 fighter jets will be delivered to Ukraine in the second half of 2024.

Dutch Defense Minister: We have decided to provide Ukraine with a defense assistance package of 350 million euros, including F-16 ammunition and drones.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Apollo acquires Paramount Hollywood Studios for $11 billion.

Barclays (BCS.N) is preparing to cut hundreds of jobs at its investment banking unit.

Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG: The threshold for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates is much higher than people think. Over time, there will be a debate about what the optimal rate of inflation is. Will it be 2.5%? But it should be unlikely to be close to the 3% level.

[Agency: The Fed’s statement reads quite optimistic] Agency: The Fed’s statement reads quite optimistic. The statement said the U.S. economy is growing at a "steady pace" and job growth remains strong. The most important caveat, however, is that inflation "has eased over the past year but remains elevated."

Amazon (AMZN.O) is developing a new artificial intelligence tool for online shopping, people familiar with the matter said.

"Fed Speaker" Nick Timiraos: The Fed remains unchanged and is expected to cut interest rates three times in 2024. The core PCE forecast for 2024 was revised up to 2.6% from 2.4% in December. The GDP forecast for 2024 was revised up to 2.1% from 1.4% in December.

Federal Reserve FOMC statement: Inflation has cooled over the past year, but remains "high."

The Fed reiterated that economic activity has been expanding steadily.

According to Politico: The United States will propose a Gaza-Egypt border security plan.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: I am more worried about Europe (economically) becoming a "sick man" than Germany.

[The probability that the Fed will remain on hold this time before the FOMC statement is 99%] According to CME "Fed Watch": the probability that the Fed will keep interest rates unchanged in the range of 5.25%-5.50% in March is 99.0%, and the probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 1.0% . The probability of keeping interest rates unchanged by May is 92.1%, and the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point interest rate cut is 7.8%. The probability of keeping interest rates unchanged by June is 35.3%, the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point interest rate cut is 59.8%, and the probability of a cumulative 50 basis point interest rate cut is 4.8%.

According to Punchbowl: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to speak to Democratic groups.

Bank of Canada meeting minutes: The Bank of Canada committee found nothing in the data that would change their view that CPI inflation will remain around 3% in the coming months.