Blackstone Group CEO Schwarzman: I believe inflation will be below the 2% target.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell: Negotiations on the border agreement are still ongoing.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde concluded the press conference.

State Gas Transport Company of Ukraine: 42.4 million cubic meters of Russian gas passed through the Sudzha crossing on January 26 and 42.4 million cubic meters on January 25.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: PMI data is a weak signal that conditions for recovery are taking shape.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Framework review is not necessarily important in the short term.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The results of the framework review are most likely to be announced before the end of spring.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The framework review is progressing rapidly.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: (Someone asked about reports that ECB staff do not like Lagarde) The vast majority of staff are happy to work at the ECB.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Don’t pay too much attention to the change in statement wording.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: We need to make further progress in the downward process of inflation before we can be confident that we will achieve the target.

According to the Wall Street Journal: The United States secretly issued an advance warning to Iran in response to a terrorist attack by the extremist organization "Islamic State".

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The hope is that wage growth will be fully absorbed by profits.