US Republican Congressman Rogers: The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on February 14. The House panel asked US Defense Secretary Austin to testify about the recent hospitalization incident.

Market news: Apple (AAPL.O) will provide employees with a 25% discount on the purchase of Vision Pro, which sees surgery and training as future development prospects for headsets.

White House: US President Biden will sign the temporary funding bill.

German Geoscience Research Center: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Tonga Islands.

Houthi armed spokesman: Naval forces used naval missiles to target the US ship Chem Ranger in the Gulf of Aden.

National Australia Bank CEO: The Australian economy is expected to recover in 2024. Australia should avoid recession, but economic growth is slowing.

National Australia Bank CEO: Australia may now be at the top of the interest rate cycle.

[The probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in February is 97.4%] According to CME "Fed Watch": the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in the range of 5.25%-5.50% in February is 97.4%, and the probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 2.6% . The probability of keeping interest rates unchanged by March is 42.9%, the probability of a cumulative 25 basis point interest rate cut is 55.7%, and the probability of a cumulative 50 basis point interest rate cut is 1.4%.

SpaceX will send commercial crews from all over Europe to the space station.

The British Navy said a drone was flying near a ship in the Gulf of Aden and an explosion occurred near the port side of the ship.

In the week ending January 13, foreign central banks held US$5.972 billion in US Treasury bonds, compared with US$5.948 billion in the previous week.

JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N): CEO Dimon’s salary in 2023 will be US$36 million.

[A Washington state judge in the United States rejected a lawsuit to remove Trump from the state’s Republican primary] On January 18, local time, a Thurston County judge in Washington state rejected a lawsuit to remove former President Trump from the state’s Republican primary. The lawsuit for delisting ended the proceedings. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson ruled that the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 did not constitute an insurrection and could not therefore remove Trump from holding public office.

Spirit Airlines (SAVE.N): Not pursuing or participating in a statutory reorganization.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Macy’s (MN) plans to lay off about 13% of its employees.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations Office (UKMTO) received reports of an incident 115 nautical miles southeast of the Gulf of Aden in Yemen.

Amazon (AMZN.O): John Felton will serve as chief financial officer of Amazon Cloud Computing Services (Aws), and Udit Madan will take over global operations.

Investment Company Institute (ICI): Money market fund assets fell to $5.96 trillion, the first outflow in four weeks.