Goldman Sachs: More U.S. Treasury issuance will boost the dollar.

Analyst Joseph Richter: The Fed may give more explanations on when and why it will slow down its balance sheet adjustment. Based on our bottom-up analysis of the banking system, we believe the minimum appropriate level of U.S. reserves is $2.6 trillion. A slowdown in QT could mean balance sheet reduction continues into 2025.

U.S. Central Command: The military struck and destroyed a surface-to-air missile prepared to be launched by the Houthi armed forces in Yemen.

Analyst Joseph Richter: Markets continue to price in rate cuts at a pace that may not materialize. Markets are now more confident in cutting rates at every meeting this year and most of next year, but we think the Fed will remain on hold at some meetings unless the economy deteriorates rapidly.

The United States said its troops attacked and destroyed ground facilities of the Houthi armed forces.

UK Government: British Foreign Secretary Cameron spoke with EU Executive Vice President Sefokovic about the new Northern Ireland protocol.

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): U.S./Canada rail crude oil shipments to the Gulf Coast (third segment) increased to 108,000 barrels/day in November (96,000 barrels/day in October).

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): U.S. domestic rail crude oil transportation volume in November was 180,000 barrels/day.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is completely infiltrated by Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency must be replaced by other United Nations aid agencies.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: The United Nations is often incredibly biased when it comes to Israel.

The White House: The Islamic resistance group in Iraq was behind the attack on US troops in Jordan.

The White House: Seeking to extend the ceasefire agreement in Gaza longer than what was seen in November (last year).

Brent crude oil fell by $2 during the day and is now at $80.39 per barrel, a decrease of 2.44%.

[Hungary and Qatar reached a liquefied natural gas purchase related agreement] On January 31, local time, Hungarian diplomacy and the Minister of Foreign Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Economic and Foreign Economic Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Affairs announced that Hungary has reached a political agreement on buying liquefied natural gas from Qatar. On this basis, a long-term contract will be signed after 2026 to further strengthen Hungary’s energy security.

ECB Chief Economist Lane: Inflation is a "smaller" problem but still challenging.

Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank: The European Central Bank needs more confidence to ensure that the inflation rate can reach 2%.

Ukraine says Russia deploys three times the firepower on the front lines every day and Ukraine is facing a "severe" shortage of artillery shells.